Stress Responses of Photosynthetic Organisms - Molecular Mechanisms and Molecular Regulations

Hardback  268 pages  ISBN 0444828842      £95.00

Sixteen topics from the results of the research project Molecular Mechanisms for Responses of the Photosynthetic Apparatus to the Environment, are documented in this excellent and timely work. Photosynthesis research has a long history in Japan, with many very active and productive laboratories working in this field. Based on the foundation established by these laboratories, the research reflected in this book focuses on elucidating the interactions between photosynthesis and the environment, with special emphasis on the molecular aspects of these interactions. The major purpose of the research was to identify specific genes required for repair of the organisms from stress-induced damage to the photosynthetic machinery and to report the acclimatisation of photosynthetic processes to specific changes in environmental conditions. Once specific genes were identified, the effects of expression (and over-expression) of these genes in transgenic plants on acclimation processes were analysed. On the basis of the analysis of transgenic plants and cyanobacteria, the work clarifies a number of molecular mechanisms by which plants acclimate to environmental variations, and the factors that govern recovery from stress-induced damage, especially with respect to the photosynthetic apparatus. A treatise on stress physiology and photosynthesis, the book also indicates the agricultural usefulness of transgenic plants and microalgae that are produced to study the molecular mechanisms of the tolerance of plants to changes in their environment.

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