Ebook: Biochemistry and Structure of Cell Organelles

1. Cell Compartmentation.- 2. The Nucleus.- The Interphase Nucleus.- Chromatin — gene transcription — post-transcriptional modification — ribosome formation — nuclear protein synthesis — DNA replication — DNA repair — nucleo-cytoplasmic traffic.- The Dividing Nucleus.- Chromosome segregation — nuclear membrane breakdown.- 3. Plastids and Chloroplasts.- Structure of plastids in higher plants — structure of chloroplasts in higher plants — the chloroplast envelope — the chloroplast stroma — the chloroplast granai fretwork system — plastoglobuli — chloroplast development — chloroplast photosynthesis — light harvesting and energy transduction — the utilization of photosynthetic assimilatory power in carbon dioxide reduction — “C-4 photosynthesis” — the chloroplast in its cellular environment — the cooperative function of chloroplasts in biosynthetic processes.- 4. Mitochondria.- Structure and distribution of mitochondria — cellular origin of mitochondria — DNA replication and protein synthesis — mapping the mitochondria) genome — the assembly of mitochondria — intermediary metabolism — the electron transport chain — models of oxidative phosphorylation — anion and cation carriers in the mitochondria] membrane — the outer membrane.- 5. Microbodies.- Peroxisomes — glyoxysomes — the origin and development of microbodies.- 6. Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Complexes and Secretory Vesicles.- Protein secretion — the role of Golgi bodies in plant cells — exocytosis in animal cells — other functions of endoplasmic reticulum — biosynthesis and assembly of endoplasmic reticulum.- 7. Lysosomes.- Lysosomes — lysosome synthesis — lysosome function — the internal environment of the lysosome — lysosome-like bodies in plant cells.- 8. Organelles in Space and Time.- Integration of metabolic processes — plasticity and origin of organelles.- 9. Organelles and Neuromuscular Activity.- Chromaffin granules — synaptic vesicles-sarcoplasmic reticulum.