| From the Series Editor | 6 |
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| Contents | 11 |
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| Preface | 19 |
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| A Dedication to Pioneers of Research on Chloroplast Structure | 22 |
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| Color Plates | 31 |
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| Plastid Origin and Development | 39 |
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| The Diversity of Plastid Form and Function | 40 |
| Chloroplast Development: Whence and Whither | 64 |
| Protein Import Into Chloroplasts: Who, When, and How? | 89 |
| Origin and Evolution of Plastids: Genomic View on the Unification and Diversity of Plastids | 111 |
| The Mechanism of Plastid Division: The Structure and Origin of The Plastid Division Apparatus | 139 |
| The Plastid Genome and its Interaction with the Nuclear Genome | 158 |
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| Expression, Prediction and Function of the Thylakoid Proteome in Higher Plants and Green Algae | 159 |
| The Role of Nucleus- and Chloroplast-Encoded Factors in the Synthesis of the Photosynthetic Apparatus | 178 |
| Plastid Transcription: Competition, Regulation and Promotion by Plastid- and Nuclear- Encoded Polymerases | 199 |
| Plastid-to-Nucleus Signaling | 214 |
| Trace Metal Utilization in Chloroplasts | 229 |
| Photosynthetic Metabolism in Plastids | 249 |
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| Light/Dark Regulation of Chloroplast Metabolism | 250 |
| Chlororespiratory Pathways and Their Physiological Significance | 266 |
| CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms | 281 |
| Synthesis, Export and Partitioning of the End Products of Photosynthesis | 300 |
| Non-Photosynthetic Metabolism in Plastids | 320 |
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| Chlorophyll Synthesis | 321 |
| Carotenoids | 340 |
| Lipid Synthesis, Metabolism and Transport | 360 |
| Amino Acid Synthesis in Plastids | 379 |
| Sulfur Metabolism in Plastids | 410 |
| Regulation and Role of Calcium Fluxes in the Chloroplast | 426 |
| Plastid Differentiation and Response to Environmental Factors | 440 |
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| The Role of Plastids in Ripening Fruits | 441 |
| Fate and Activities of Plastids During Leaf Senescence | 455 |
| The Kleptoplast | 472 |
| The Apicoplast | 495 |
| The Role of Plastids in Gravitropism | 526 |
| Chloroplast Movements in Response to Environmental Signals | 545 |
| Oxygen Metabolism and Stress Physiology | 556 |
| Subject Index | 571 |
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| Species Index | 584 |
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| Author Index | 589 |
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