Progress in Botany [Paperback]

With one new volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of botany.
The present volume includes reviews on structural botany, plant taxonomy, physiology, genetics and geobotany.Review.- Fungal Genetics: From Fundamental Research to Biotechnology.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Trends in Fundamental Research.- a) Chromosomal Genetics.- ?) Breeding Systems (first step, Fig. 1).- ?) Recombination (second step, Fig. 1).- ?) Gene Expression (third step, Fig. 1).- b) Extrachromosomal Genetics.- ?) Mitochondria (fourth step, Fig. 1).- ?) Plasmids (fifth step, Fig. 1).- ?) Genetic Engineering (sixth step, Fig. 1).- ?) General Importance.- 3. Trends in Biotechnology.- a) Chromosomal Genetics.- b) Extrachromosomal Genetics.- c) General Importance.- 4. Trends in the Future.- 5. Conclusion.- References.- A. Structural Botany.- I. Cytology and Morphogenesis of the Prokaryotic Cell.- 1. Morphogenesis and Cellular Differentiation.- a) New Aspects of Shape Determination: a Tubulin-Homologue in Bacteria.- b) Two-Competing Site (TCS) Model for Shape Regulation.- c) Caulobacter crescentus as Model Organism for Cellular Differentiation.- ?) Chemotactic Machinery.- ?) Assembly of the Flagellum.- ?) Regulation of Cell Division and Biosynthesis of Cell Appendages.- ?) Control of Chromosome Replication.- 2. New Aspects of Cellular Compartmentation: Influence of Membraneous Compartments on Enzyme Activity.- 3. New Aspects of the Structure of Polyhydroxyalcanoic Acid (PHA) Granules.- 4. Macromolecular Structures of the Cell Envelope.- a) New Aspects of S-Layer-Structure.- ?) S-Layer as Adhesion Site for Polymer-Degrading Exoenzymes.- ?) S-Layers as Molecular Sieves and Immobilization Structures for Macromolecules.- b) Two Unusual Filamentous Proteins of the Cell Envelope.- ?) Tetrabrachion.- ?) Omp?.- References.- II. Cell Morphogenesis of the Algae: Cell Coverings and Extracellular Mucilage.- 1. Introduclc<