Ebook: Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria

The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new insights into the origin of organelles by endosymbioses and uncovered an enormous evolutionary dynamics of organellar genomes. In addition, they have greatly helped to clarify phylogenetic relationships, especially in algae and early land plants with limited morphological and anatomical diversity. This book, written by leading experts, summarizes our current knowledge about plastid and mitochondrial genomes in all major groups of algae and land plants. It also includes chapters on endosymbioses, plastid and mitochondrial mutants, gene expression profiling and methods for organelle transformation. The book is designed for students and researchers in plant molecular biology, taxonomy, biotechnology and evolutionary biology.

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The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new insights into the origin of organelles by endosymbioses and uncovered an enormous evolutionary dynamics of organellar genomes. In addition, they have greatly helped to clarify phylogenetic relationships, especially in algae and early land plants with limited morphological and anatomical diversity. This book, written by leading experts, summarizes our current knowledge about plastid and mitochondrial genomes in all major groups of algae and land plants. It also includes chapters on endosymbioses, plastid and mitochondrial mutants, gene expression profiling and methods for organelle transformation. The book is designed for students and researchers in plant molecular biology, taxonomy, biotechnology and evolutionary biology. Origins of Mitochondria and Plastids / Michael W. Gray and John M. Archibald -- Secondary and Tertiary Endosymbiosis and Kleptoplasty / Jeferson Gross, Debashish Bhattacharya, Karen N. Pelletreau, Mary E. Rumpho and Adrian Reyes-Prieto -- Plastid Genomes of Algae / B. Franz Lang and Aurora M. Nedelcu -- Plastomes of Bryophytes, Lycophytes and Ferns / Paul G. Wolf and Kenneth G. Karol -- Plastid Genomes of Seed Plants / Robert K. Jansen and Tracey A. Ruhlman -- Mitochondrial Genomes of Algae / Gertraud Burger and Aurora M. Nedelcu -- Conservative and Dynamic Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes in Early Land Plants / Yang Liu, Bin Wang, Libo Li, Yin-Long Qiu and Jiayu Xue -- Seed Plant Mitochondrial Genomes: Complexity Evolving / Volker Knoop -- Promiscuous Organellar DNA / Andrew H. Lloyd, Mathieu Rousseau-Gueutin, Jeremy N. Timmis, Anna E. Sheppard and Michael A. Ayliffe. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes: Fungi-to-Plant and Plant-to-Plant Transfers of Organellar DNA / Susanne S. Renner and Sidonie Bellot -- Plastome Mutants of Higher Plants / Stephan Greiner -- Plant Mitochondrial Mutations / Susan Gabay-Laughnan and Kathleen J. Newton -- Land Plant RNA Editing or: Don't Be Fooled by Plant Organellar DNA Sequences / Sabrina Finster, Julia Legen, Yujiao Qu and Christian Schmitz-Linneweber -- Expression Profiling of Organellar Genes / Teodoro Cardi, Philippe Giegé, Sabine Kahlau and Nunzia Scotti -- Organellar Proteomics: Close Insights into the Spatial Breakdown and Functional Dynamics of Plant Primary Metabolism / Hans-Peter Braun and Holger Eubel -- Plastid Transformation in Algae / Jörg Nickelsen and Alexandra-Viola Bohne -- Plastid Transformation in Flowering Plants / Pal Maliga -- Reverse Genetics in Flowering Plant Plastids / Anil Day -- Transformation and Nucleic Acid Delivery to Mitochondria / Claire Remacle, Veronique Larosa, Thalia Salinas, Patrice Hamel and Nitya Subrahmanian, et al.

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The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new insights into the origin of organelles by endosymbioses and uncovered an enormous evolutionary dynamics of organellar genomes. In addition, they have greatly helped to clarify phylogenetic relationships, especially in algae and early land plants with limited morphological and anatomical diversity. This book, written by leading experts, summarizes our current knowledge about plastid and mitochondrial genomes in all major groups of algae and land plants. It also includes chapters on endosymbioses, plastid and mitochondrial mutants, gene expression profiling and methods for organelle transformation. The book is designed for students and researchers in plant molecular biology, taxonomy, biotechnology and evolutionary biology. Origins of Mitochondria and Plastids / Michael W. Gray and John M. Archibald -- Secondary and Tertiary Endosymbiosis and Kleptoplasty / Jeferson Gross, Debashish Bhattacharya, Karen N. Pelletreau, Mary E. Rumpho and Adrian Reyes-Prieto -- Plastid Genomes of Algae / B. Franz Lang and Aurora M. Nedelcu -- Plastomes of Bryophytes, Lycophytes and Ferns / Paul G. Wolf and Kenneth G. Karol -- Plastid Genomes of Seed Plants / Robert K. Jansen and Tracey A. Ruhlman -- Mitochondrial Genomes of Algae / Gertraud Burger and Aurora M. Nedelcu -- Conservative and Dynamic Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes in Early Land Plants / Yang Liu, Bin Wang, Libo Li, Yin-Long Qiu and Jiayu Xue -- Seed Plant Mitochondrial Genomes: Complexity Evolving / Volker Knoop -- Promiscuous Organellar DNA / Andrew H. Lloyd, Mathieu Rousseau-Gueutin, Jeremy N. Timmis, Anna E. Sheppard and Michael A. Ayliffe. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes: Fungi-to-Plant and Plant-to-Plant Transfers of Organellar DNA / Susanne S. Renner and Sidonie Bellot -- Plastome Mutants of Higher Plants / Stephan Greiner -- Plant Mitochondrial Mutations / Susan Gabay-Laughnan and Kathleen J. Newton -- Land Plant RNA Editing or: Don't Be Fooled by Plant Organellar DNA Sequences / Sabrina Finster, Julia Legen, Yujiao Qu and Christian Schmitz-Linneweber -- Expression Profiling of Organellar Genes / Teodoro Cardi, Philippe Giegé, Sabine Kahlau and Nunzia Scotti -- Organellar Proteomics: Close Insights into the Spatial Breakdown and Functional Dynamics of Plant Primary Metabolism / Hans-Peter Braun and Holger Eubel -- Plastid Transformation in Algae / Jörg Nickelsen and Alexandra-Viola Bohne -- Plastid Transformation in Flowering Plants / Pal Maliga -- Reverse Genetics in Flowering Plant Plastids / Anil Day -- Transformation and Nucleic Acid Delivery to Mitochondria / Claire Remacle, Veronique Larosa, Thalia Salinas, Patrice Hamel and Nitya Subrahmanian, et al.

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Origins of Mitochondria and Plastids / Michael W. Gray and John M. Archibald -- Secondary and Tertiary Endosymbiosis and Kleptoplasty / Jeferson Gross, Debashish Bhattacharya, Karen N. Pelletreau, Mary E. Rumpho and Adrian Reyes-Prieto -- Plastid Genomes of Algae / B. Franz Lang and Aurora M. Nedelcu -- Plastomes of Bryophytes, Lycophytes and Ferns / Paul G. Wolf and Kenneth G. Karol -- Plastid Genomes of Seed Plants / Robert K. Jansen and Tracey A. Ruhlman -- Mitochondrial Genomes of Algae / Gertraud Burger and Aurora M. Nedelcu -- Conservative and Dynamic Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes in Early Land Plants / Yang Liu, Bin Wang, Libo Li, Yin-Long Qiu and Jiayu Xue -- Seed Plant Mitochondrial Genomes: Complexity Evolving / Volker Knoop -- Promiscuous Organellar DNA / Andrew H. Lloyd, Mathieu Rousseau-Gueutin, Jeremy N. Timmis, Anna E. Sheppard and Michael A. Ayliffe. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes: Fungi-to-Plant and Plant-to-Plant Transfers of Organellar DNA / Susanne S. Renner and Sidonie Bellot -- Plastome Mutants of Higher Plants / Stephan Greiner -- Plant Mitochondrial Mutations / Susan Gabay-Laughnan and Kathleen J. Newton -- Land Plant RNA Editing or: Don't Be Fooled by Plant Organellar DNA Sequences / Sabrina Finster, Julia Legen, Yujiao Qu and Christian Schmitz-Linneweber -- Expression Profiling of Organellar Genes / Teodoro Cardi, Philippe Giegé, Sabine Kahlau and Nunzia Scotti -- Organellar Proteomics: Close Insights into the Spatial Breakdown and Functional Dynamics of Plant Primary Metabolism / Hans-Peter Braun and Holger Eubel -- Plastid Transformation in Algae / Jörg Nickelsen and Alexandra-Viola Bohne -- Plastid Transformation in Flowering Plants / Pal Maliga -- Reverse Genetics in Flowering Plant Plastids / Anil Day -- Transformation and Nucleic Acid Delivery to Mitochondria / Claire Remacle, Veronique Larosa, Thalia Salinas, Patrice Hamel and Nitya Subrahmanian, et al.