Description
This volume emphasizes the involvement of all facets of biology in the analysis of environmentally controlled movement responses. This includes biophysics, biochemistry, molecular biology and as an integral part of any approach to a closer understanding, physiology. The initial euphoria about molecular biology as the final solution for any problem has dwindled and the field agrees now that only the combined efforts of all facets of biology will at some day answer the question posed more than hundred years ago: "How can plants see?". One conclusion can be drawn from the current knowledge as summarized in this volume. The answer will most likely not be the same for all systems.
Chapter
Chapter 3. Action spectroscopy of photomovement
pp.:
70 – 136
Chapter 4. Light responses in purple photosynthetic bacteria
pp.:
136 – 170
Chapter 5. Color-sensitive vision by haloarchaea
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170 – 198
Chapter 6. Photoactive yellow protein, a photoreceptor from purple bacteria
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198 – 212
Chapter 7. Light perception and signal modulation during photoorientation of flagellate green algae
pp.:
212 – 248
Chapter 8. Algal eyes and their rhodopsin photoreceptors
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248 – 264
Chapter 9. Electrical events in photomovement of green flagellated algae
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264 – 300
Chapter 10. Rhodopsin-like-proteins: light detection pigments in Leptolyngbya, Euglena, Ochromonas, Pelvetia
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300 – 316
Chapter 11. Phototaxis of Euglena gracilis – flavins and pterins
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316 – 362
Chapter 12. Yellow-light sensing phototaxis in cryptomonad algae
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362 – 394
Chapter 13. Photo-stimulated effects on diatom motility
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394 – 422
Chapter 14. Photomovement of microorganisms in benthic and soil microenvironments
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422 – 440
Chapter 15. Phytochrome as an algal photoreceptor
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440 – 468
Chapter 16. Keeping in tune with time: entrainment of circadian rhythms
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468 – 494
Chapter 17. Photomovement in ciliates
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494 – 524
Chapter 18. Electrophysiology and light responses in Stentor and Blepharisma
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524 – 539
Chapter 19. Genetic analysis of phototaxis in Dictyostelium
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539 – 580
Chapter 20. Photomovement and photomorphogenesis in Physarum polycephalum: targeting of cytoskeleton and gene expression by light
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580 – 608
Chapter 21. Genetics of Phycomyces and its responses to light
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608 – 640
Chapter 22. Phototropism in Phycomyces
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640 – 678
Chapter 23. Phototropism in higher plants
pp.:
678 – 832
Chapter 24. Role of the microtubular cytoskeleton in coleoptile phototropism
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832 – 852
Chapter 25. Solar navigation by plants
pp.:
852 – 916
Chapter 26. Light-controlled chloroplast movement
pp.:
916 – 944
Keyword index
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944 – 960