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Part 1 The control of metabolism: fundamentals of gene structure andcontrol, D.D.Lefebvre; regulation of gene expression duringdevelopment, R.Casey; biochemical regulation, W.Plaxton; regulation bycompartmentation, D.T.Dennis and M.J.Emes. Part 2 Cytosolic carbonmetabolism: carbohydrates synthesis and degradation, N.J.Kruger;glycolysis, the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway and anaerobicrespiration, J.A.Miernyk. Part 3 Mitochondrial metabolism:mitochondrial structure, W.Newcomb; carbon metabolism in mitochondria,T.ap Rees; oxidation of mitochondrial NADH and the synthesis of ATP,H.Lambers. Part 4 Mitochondrial-cytosol interaction: the mitochondrialgenome and its expression, M.Gray; protein import into themitochrondrion, K.Freeman et al; metabolite exchange between themitochondrion and the cytosol, R.Douce and M.Neuburger. Part 5Photosynthesis: plastid structure and development, W.Newcomb; molecularbiology of photosynthesis in higher plants, J.Mullet; the formation ofATP and reducing power in the light, N.Nelson and B.Prezelin; ribulose1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenese - mechanisms, activation andregulation, R.G.Jensen; the reductive pentose phosphate pathway and itsregulation, F.D.Macdonald and B.B.Bucchanan; photorespiration andCO2-concentrating mechanisms, D.T.Canvin; the flux of metabolites in C4and CAM plants, R.C.Leegood and C.B.Osmond. Part 6 Chloroplast-cytosolinteractions: transport of proteins into chloroplasts, K.Keegstra; theflux of carbon between the chloroplast and the cytosol, M.Stitt. Part 7The formation and breakdown of lipids: the structure and formation ofmicrobodies, C.Halpin and M.Lord; fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis anddegradation, J.E.Andrews and J.Ohlrogge; terpene biosynthesis andmetabolism, C.A.West. Part 8 Nitrogen metabolism: molecular biology ofN metabolism, C.Vance and S.M.Griffith; amino acid and ureidebiosynthesis, R.Ireland; interactions between nitrogen assimilation,photosynthesis and respiration, D.H.Turpin and H.G.Weger; long distancetransport of carbon and nitrogen from sources to sink in higher plants,M.Peoples and R.Gifford; protein turnover, P.M.Hatfield andR.D.Vierstra; protein storage and utilization in seeds, J.D.Bewley andJ.S.Greenwood. Part 9 Prospects for plant improvement: fundamentals ofgene transfer in plants, B.Miki and V.N.Iyer; biochemical basis forplant improvement, C.R.Somerville.