Division and Segregation of Organelles

This 1988 volume provides a stimulating survey of the ways in which the DNA-containing organelles of yeast, animal, and plant cells replicate.

Stephen A. Boffey (Edited by), David Lloyd (Edited by)

9780521282116, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 June 2011

268 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg

"This fascinating book is a collection of review articles, in some cases with historical perspective, on the reproduction of chloroplasts and mitochondria. The phenomena are well described and extensive work is summarized." BioScience

This 1988 volume provides a stimulating survey of the ways in which the DNA-containing organelles of yeast, animal, and plant cells replicate. The orderly division and segregation of these organelles is essential for the survival of all eukaryotes and is therefore a topic of importance to a wide range of biologists: from geneticists, via physiologists, to molecular biologists. The first part of the volume examines the mechanism, regulation and consequences of organelle segregation and division as studied in plant and animal cells. The second part of the volume compares the replication of DNA in eukaryote organelles with bacterial processes. Reviews range from a comparative study of DNA polymerases to the possible mechanisms ensuring DNA segregation. The volume will be of value to anyone with an interest in the areas of biology, genetics, zoology, botany and biochemistry.

Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Factors that influence plastid division in higher plants J. V. Possingham, H. Hashimoto and J. Oross
2. Nuclear control of plastid division Th. Butterfass
3. Chloroplast division in higher plants with particular reference to wheat R. M. Leech and K. A. Pyke
4. Mechanisms and morphology of plastid division J. M. Whatley
5. The replication of a free-living prokaryote: Escherichia coli W. D. Donachie
6. Mitochondrial division in animal cells C. J. Duncan
7. Inheritance of plastids in Pelargonium R. A. E. Tilney-Bassett
8. Organelle behaviour during higher plant gametogenesis H. G. Dickinson and F. L. Li
9. The replication and segregation of yeast mitochondrial DNA E. B. Gingold
10. The role of membranes in the segregation of plastid DNA R. J. Rose
11. Homologies between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of mammalian cells R. F. Rosenberg
12. DNA synthesis in isolated chloroplasts W. R. Mills and B. J. Baumgartner
13. DNA polymerases J. A. Bryant
Index.

Subject Areas: Cellular biology [cytology PSF]