Probing Photosynthesis : Mechanism, Regulation and Adaptation.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Foreword -- P. V. Sane: a profile -- 1: Milestones in photosynthesis research -- PART I: Evolution, structure and function -- 2 -- Natural oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis based on newly found chlorophylls -- 3: Light-harvesting antennas in plants -- 4: Stalk, no stalk or double stalk? Experimental strategies, results and speculations on CF1 CF0 interactions within the photosynthetic ATP synthase -- 5: Energy transduction in the Z-scheme -- 6: Chloroplast thylakoid membranes: a paradigm for biogenetic and evolutionary complexity -- 7: The manganese cluster in photosystem II investigated by EPR spectroscopy -- PART 2: Biodiversity, metabolism and regulation -- 8: Diversity in photosynthesis -- 9: C3/C4 Carbon metabolism and regulation -- 10: Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase: activation and regulation -- 11: Molecular aspects of Rubisco specificity -- 12: CAM photosynthesis: ecophysiological and molecular strategies for survival -- 13: Photorespiration and interaction between chloroplasts, mitochondria and peroxisomes -- 14: Photosynthesis in relation to crop productivity -- PART 3: Stress and adaptations -- 15: Strategies of photosynthetic adaptations and acclimation -- 16: Photoinactivation of the two photosystems in oxygenic photosynthesis: mechanisms and regulations -- 17: State transitions in cyanobacteria -- 18: Light-regulated expression of photosynthesis-related genes -- 19: Photosynthetic productivity prospects under CO2-enriched atmosphere of the 21st century -- 20: Molecular targets of UV-B radiation in the photosynthetic membranes -- 21: Photosynthetic adaptation to nutrient stress -- 22: Water stress responsive proteins/genes in crop plants -- PART 4: Techniques.

23: Application of mass spectrometry to the study of photosystem two -- 24: The structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy -- 25: The fluorescence transient as a tool to characterize and screen photosynthetic samples -- 26: The photoacoustic effect in leaves and its applications -- 27: Common errors in gas exchange measurements -- Index.

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