Plant Mitochondria

Preface: Introduction to plant mitochondria FRANK KEMPKEN, KIEL Dynamics, Genes & Genomes 1.Evolutionary origin and endosymbiotic aspects of mitochondria VOLKER KNOOP, BONN 2.Dynamics of mitochondrial shape, size etc. DAVID LOGAN, SASKATCHEWAN3.Plant mitochondrial genomes & recombination SALLY MACKENZIE, LINCOLN Transcription & RNA processing 4.Transcription in plant mitochondria THOMAS BÖRNER, BERLIN 5.RNA processing and RNA stability STEFAN BINDER, ULM 6.RNA splicing LINDA BONEN, OTTAWA 7.RNA editing FRANK KEMPKEN, KIEL 8.RNA binding proteins required for chloroplast RNA processing CHRISTIAN SCHMITZ-LINNEWEBER, BERLINTranslation & Import 9.Translation and mitochondrial proteom in plants HARVEY MILLAR, CRAWLEY 10.Import of RNAs into plant mitochondria LAURENCE MARÉCHAL-DROUARD, STRASBOURG 11.Import of proteins into plant mitochondria ELISABETH GLASER, STOCKHOLM 12.Mitochondrial import in fungi and animals WOLFGANG VOOS, BONN Biochemistry, Regulation & Function13.Biogenesis and supramolecular organization of mitochondrial membrane complexes in plants HANS-PETER BRAUN, HANNOVER 14.Electron Transport & Stress ALLAN RASMUSSON, LUND 15.Interaction of mitochondria and plastids (and other cellular compartments?) KO NOGUCHI, TOKYO 16.Mitochondrial retrograde regulation DAVID RHOADS, MESA 17.Programmed cell death PAUL MCCABE, DUBLIN Mitochondrial Dysfunction & Repair 18.Cytoplasmic male sterility & fertility restoration by nuclear genes KRISTINA.GLIMELIUS, UPPSALA 19.Human mitochondrial mutations and repair SUSAN LEDOUX, MOBILE

Frank Kempken graduated from the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. He is professor for genetics and molecular biology in botany at the Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Germany.