Advances in Genetics
Academic Press
Published on 9. November 1990
307 pages
978-0-08-056815-7 (ISBN)
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John G. Scandalios | T.R.F. Wright
Advances in Genetics: Genomic Responses to Environmental Stress v. 28
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09/1990
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- Front Cover
- Genomic Responses to EnvironmentaI Stress
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume 28
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Response of Plant Antioxidant Defense Genes to Environmental Stress
- I. Introduction
- II. Oxygen and Oxygenation of the Earth
- III. Active Oxygen and Oxygen Toxicity
- IV. Biology of Oxy Intermediates
- V. Oxy-Intermediate Defense Systems
- VI. Oxidative Stress
- VII. Intracellular Concentration of Oxygen and Maize Photosynthesis
- VIII. Gene Expression and Response of Plants to Environmentally Imposed Stress
- IX. Translational and Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression
- X. Maize Catalase Gene-Enzyme System
- XI. Maize Superoxide Dismutase Gene-Enzyme System
- XII. Catalase and Superoxide Dismutase Gene Expression in Response to Environmental Stress
- XIII. Molecular Biology
- XIV. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 2. Genetic Analysis of Oxygen Defense Mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster
- I. Introduction
- II. Oxygen Toxicity
- III. General Antioxidant Defense Systems
- IV. Genetic Approaches in Drosophila
- V. Analysis of Oxygen Defense Mechanisms in Drosophila
- VI. Associated Biological Phenomena
- References
- Chapter 3. DNA Rearrangements in Response to Environmental Stress
- I. Introduction
- II. Genome Size and Organization
- III. Life History Considerations
- IV. Rapid Genomic Changes
- V. Environmentally Induced Heritable Changes in Flax
- VI. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4. Molecular Genetics of Cold Acclimation in Higher Plants
- I. Introduction
- II. Biochemistry of Cold Acclimation
- III. Genetics of Cold Acclimation
- IV. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 5. Influence of Environmental Factors on Photosynthetic Genes
- I. Introduction
- II. Effect of Light on Photosynthetic Genes
- III. Effect of Plastid Factors on Photosynthetic Genes
- IV. Diurnal and Circadian Effects on Photosynthetic Genes
- V. Effect of Nutritional Factors on Photosynthetic Genes
- VI. Effect of Growth Regulators on Photosynthetic Genes
- VII. Developmental Regulation of Photosynthetic Genes
- VIII. Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Activation, Structure, and Organization of Genes Involved in Microbial Defense in Plants
- I. Introduction
- II. Biochemistry of Induced Resistance
- III. Gene Activation in Induced Defense
- IV. Structure and Organization of Defense Response Genes
- V. Signal Transduction Pathways for Activation of Defense Response Genes
- VI. Expression of Defense Response Genes in Transgenic Plants
- References
- Chapter 7. Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Heat-Shock Response
- I. Introduction
- II. Heat-Shock Protein Genes
- III. Regulation of the Heat-Shock Response
- IV. Functions of the Heat-Shock Proteins
- V. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 8. Effects of Heat ond Chemical Stress on Development
- I. Introduction
- II. Developmental Defects Induced in vertebrates by Environmental Stress
- III. Environmentally Induced Developmental Defects in Drosophila as a Model System
- IV. Effects of Heat Stress on Gene Expression during Development
- V. Summary
- References
- Index
