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"This is a study of advances in molecular biology and cell-culture techniques which have given impetus to investigations of plant mitochondria. The organization of mitochondrial genomes has been intensely studied in maize, wheat, Oenothera, petunia, Brassica, and a few other species. These investigations have disclosed an unusually large and plastic genome, a unique organization based on a master chromosome and subgenomic chromosomes, and extra mitochondrial elements. The structural RNAs of plant mitochondria have furnished several discoveries, including the import of tRNAs into the mitochondria, editing of mRNAs, and the ""relaxed"" nature of mitochondrial gene promoters. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) is the most common mitochondrial gene mutation, and has therefore received extraordinary attention. Several mitochondrial gene mutations have been implicated in causing CMS, and attention is now focusing on the mechanism that causes pollen sterility, and how nuclear restorer genes interact with CMS genes to suppress sterility."

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Author:   Charles S. Levings, III ,  Indra K. Vasil
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1995 ed.
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.520kg
ISBN:  

9780792332244

ISBN 10:   0792332245
Pages:   673
Publication Date:   30 September 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Mitochondrial genome organization.- 2. Mitochondrial plasmids: DNA and RNA.- 3. Mitochondrial transfer RNAs and RNA editing.- 4. Mitochondrial ribosomes and their proteins.- 5. Mitochondrial transcription and translation.- 6. Protein import into plant mitochondria.- 7. The biochemistry of the mitochondrial matrix.- 8. Bioenergetics: The mitochondrial electron transfer chain.- 9. Regulation of oxidative phosphorylation in plant mitochondria.- 10. The wheat mitochondrial genome.- 11. Mitochondrial genome of rice.- 12. S-type cytoplasmic male sterility in maize.- 13. The Texas male-sterile cytoplasm of maize.- 14. Cytoplasmic male sterility and organelle DNAs of sorghum.- 15. Cytoplasmic male sterility in Petunia.- 16. Cytoplasmic male sterility in Brassica species.- 17. Mitochondrial DNA in somatic hybrids and cybrids.- 18. Aberrant growth phenotypes associated with mitochondrial genome rearrangements in higher plants.- 19. The mitochondrial genome of a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha.- 20. Mitochondrial evolution.- List of contributors.

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