Plant Mitochondria

About this book

Mitochondria are the product of a long evolutionary history. It is now a well established fact that mitochondria did evolve from free living bacteria being the common ancestor of both, eukaryotic mitochondria and alpha-proteobacteria. Advances in genome sequencing, the establishment of in organello and in vitro assays to name only a few, contributed significantly to advances in plant mitochondrial research. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the field of plant mitochondria research.

Contents

Preface: Introduction to plant mitochondria : FRANK KEMPKEN, KIEL Dynamics, Genes & Genomes

1. Evolutionary origin and endosymbiotic aspects of mitochondria : VOLKER KNOOP, BONN
2. Dynamics of mitochondrial shape, size etc. : DAVID LOGAN, SASKATCHEWAN
3. Plant mitochondrial genomes & recombination : SALLY MACKENZIE, LINCOLN Transcription & RNA processing
4. Transcription in plant mitochondria : THOMAS BA-RNER, BERLIN
5. RNA processing and RNA stability : STEFAN BINDER, ULM
6. RNA splicing : LINDA BONEN, OTTAWA
7. RNA editing : FRANK KEMPKEN, KIEL
8. RNA binding proteins required for chloroplast RNA processing : CHRISTIAN SCHMITZ-LINNEWEBER, BERLIN Translation & Import
9. Translation and mitochondrial proteom in plants : HARVEY MILLAR, CRAWLEY
10. Import of RNAs into plant mitochondria : LAURENCE MARAeCHAL-DROUARD, STRASBOURG
11. Import of proteins into plant mitochondria : ELISABETH GLASER, STOCKHOLM
12. Mitochondrial import in fungi and animals : WOLFGANG VOOS, BONN Biochemistry, Regulation & Function
13. Biogenesis and supramolecular organization of mitochondrial membrane complexes in plants: HANS-PETER BRAUN, HANNOVER
14. Electron Transport & Stress : ALLAN RASMUSSON, LUND
15. Interaction of mitochondria and plastids (and other cellular compartments?) : KO NOGUCHI, TOKYO
16. Mitochondrial retrograde regulation : DAVID RHOADS, MESA
17. Programmed cell death : PAUL MCCABE, DUBLIN Mitochondrial Dysfunction & Repair
18. Cytoplasmic male sterility & fertility restoration by nuclear genes : KRISTINA.GLIMELIUS, UPPSALA
19. Human mitochondrial mutations and repair : SUSAN LEDOUX, MOBILE

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Biography

Frank Kempken graduated from the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He is professor for genetics and molecular biology in botany at the Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Germany.