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Series Editors
Contributors
Preface
Contents of Volumes 35–64
Chapter One. Structural, Mechanistic and Genomic Insights into OCP-Mediated Photoprotection
1 Introduction
2 The OCP-Based NPQ Mechanism is Photoprotective
3 OCP-Mediated Photoprotection from a Structural Perspective
4 The OCP–Phycobilisome Interaction
5 Discovery and Characterization of the Fluorescence Recovery Protein
6 Insights from Genomic Distribution of Components of the OCP Photoprotective Mechanism
7 A Model for the OCP-Mediated Photoprotective Mechanism
8 Outstanding Questions and Future Prospects
References
Chapter Two. Genomics of Salt Acclimation
1 Introduction
2 Basic Salt Acclimation Strategy
3 Compatible Solutes
4 Regulation
5 Cyanobacterial Biotechnology and Salt Acclimation
References
Chapter Three. Iron in Cyanobacteria
1 Iron Biogeochemistry in Water Bodies
2 Iron Uptake
3 Intracellular Fe Homeostasis
4 Iron-Dependant Gene Regulation and Physiological Responses
References
Chapter Four. Functional Genomics of Metalloregulators in Cyanobacteria
1 Introduction
2 General Features of Metalloregulators
3 Main Families of Metalloregulators in Cyanobacteria
4 Conclusions and Perspectives
References
Chapter Five. Genomics of the Pleïotropic Glutathione System in Cyanobacteria
1 Introduction
2 Glutathione an Integrative Link between Cell Metabolism and the Defences against Oxidative and Metal Stresses
3 Glutathione Operates in the Defence against Toxic Endogenous Metabolites
4 Glutathione Protects Cells against Chemical and Oxidative Stresses via the Glutathione Transferase System
5 Glutathione Maintains the Redox Homeostasis of Protein Thiols via the Glutaredoxin System
6 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter Six. A Genomic View of Secondary Metabolite Production in Cyanobacteria
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 The Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolites
3 Overview of Secondary Metabolites from Cyanobacteria for which Biosynthetic Genes have been Identified
4 Description of the Biosynthesis at the Genomic and Biochemical Level for Selected Cyanobacterial Secondary Metabolites
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter Seven. Assembly and Export of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) in Cyanobacteria
1 Introduction
2 Conserved Mechanisms of Bacterial EPS Production
3 Genetics of Cyanobacterial EPS Production: Current Knowledge
4 Concluding Remarks and Future Perspectives
References
Chapter Eight. Gene Expression during Heterocyst Differentiation
1 Introduction
2 The Heterocyst
3 The Specific Program of Gene Expression
4 Mechanisms of Gene Regulation during Heterocyst Differentiation
5 Conclusions and Perspectives
References
Subject Index
Author Index
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