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The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook

Edited by Elizabeth H. Harris, David Stern and George Witman 
Academic press  January 2009  



Vol 1. Hardcover  480 pp  ISBN 9780123708748      £53.00


Vol 2. Hardcover  1040 pp  ISBN 9780123708755      £53.00


Vol 3. Hardcover  512 pp  ISBN 9780123708762      £53.00


3 vol set Hardcover  2000  ISBN 9780123708731      £115.00
Aimed at researchers in plant science who study photosynthesis; fertility researchers; mammalian vision researchers; biochemistry researchers; plant physiologists; plant and molecular biologists; University and Medical libraries

Contents

VOLUME 1 - Introduction to Chlamydomonas and Its Laboratory Use By Elizabeth Harris (Duke University) - Taxonomy, diversity and distribution of Chlamydomonas species - History of Chlamydomonas as a laboratory organism - Cell architecture - The vegetative cell cycle, including culture conditions and methods - The sexual cycle - Overview of the nuclear genome - Genetic analysis - The molecular toolkit, including transformation, gene expression, etc. - Resources for the investigator and for use of Chlamydomonas in teaching

VOLUME 2 - Organellar and Metabolic Processes Edited By David Stern (Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research) - Biogenesis of chloroplasts and mitochondria - Photosynthesis - Respiration - Nitrogen assimilation - Starch biosynthesis - Sulfur metabolism - Response to heavy metals - Hydrogen production

VOLUME 3 - Cell Motility and Behavior Edited by George Witman (University of Massachusetts Medical School) - Basal bodies - Basal body-associated structures - Flagellar assembly and length control - Intraflagellar transport - Flagellar axoneme -Flagellar membrane - Tactic responses (phototaxis, chemotaxis) and mechanoreception

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Recent additions : biochemistry : biology, general : cell biology : chloroplasts : heavy metals : hydrogen : metabolic reactions : mitochondria : photosynthesis : reproduction : taxonomy

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