Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology Volume 50 (1999) CONTENTS EDUCATOR AND EDITOR, Martin Gibbs PHOSPHATE TRANSLOCATORS IN PLASTIDS, Ulf-Ingo Fliigge THE 1-DEOXxY-D-XYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE PATHWAY OF ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PLANTS, Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler CHLOROPHYLL DEGRADATION, Phillippe Matile, Stefan Hortensteiner, and Howard Thomas PLANT PROTEIN SERINE/THREONINE KINASES: CLASSIFICATION AND FUNCTIONS, D. G. Hardie IMPROVING THE NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF PLANTS TO ENHANCE HUMAN NUTRITION AND HEALTH, Michael A. Grusak and Dean DellaPenna GAMETOPHYTE DEVELOPMENT IN FERNS, Jo Ann Banks C, GENE EXPRESSION, Jen Sheen GENETIC ANALYSIS OF HORMONE SIGNALING, Peter McCourt CELLULOSE BIOSYNTHESIS: EXCITING TIMES FOR A DIFFICULT FIELD OF STUDY, Deborah P. Delmer NITRATE REDUCTASE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND REGULATION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, Wilbur H. Campbell CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM: MOLECULAR GENETICS, John C. Cushman and Hans J. Bohnert PHOTOPROTECTION REVISITED: GENETIC AND MOLECULAR APPROACHES, Krishna K. Niyogi MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ASPECTS OF THE ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS, Maria J. Harrison ENZYMES AND OTHER AGENTS THAT ENHANCE CELL WALL EXTENSIBILITY, Daniel J. Cosgrove LEAF DEVELOPMENT IN ANGIOSPERMS, Neelima Sinha THE PRESSURE PROBE: A VERSATILE TOOL IN PLANT CELL PHYSIOLOGY, A. Deri Tomos and Roger A. Leigh (continued ) CONTENTS (continued } THE SHIKIMATE PATHWAY, Klaus M. Herrmann and Lisa M. Weaver ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION IN PLANTS, Ben Scheres and Philip N. Benfey CO>-CONCENTRATING MECHANISMS IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS, Aaron Kaplan and Leonora Reinhold PLANT COLD ACCLIMATION: FREEZING TOLERANCE GENES AND REGULATORY MECHANISMS, Michael F. Thomashow THE WATER-WATER CYCLE IN CHLOROPLASTS: SCAVENGING OF ACTIVE OXYGENS AND DISSIPATION OF EXCESS PHOTONS, Kozi Asada SILICON, Emanuel Epstein PHOSPHATE ACQUISITION, K. G. Raghothama ROOTS IN SOIL: UNEARTHING THE COMPLEXITIES OF ROOTS AND THEIR RHIZOSPHERES, Margaret E. McCully INDEXES Subject Index Cumulative Index of Contributing Authors Volumes 40-50 Cumulative Index of Chapter Titles, Volumes 40-50 RELATED ARTICLES IN OTHER ANNUAL REVIEWS From the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Volume 68, 1999: Initiation of Base Excision Repair: Glycosylase Mechanisms and Structures, Amanda K. McCullough, M. L. Dodson, and R. Stephen Lloyd Sterols and Isoprenoids: Signaling Molecules Derived from the Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway, Peter A. Edwards and Johan Ericsson CREB: A Stimulus-Induced Transcription Factor Activated by a Diverse Array of Extracellular Signals, Adam J. Shaywitz and Michael E. Greenberg The 26S Proteasome: A Molecular Machine Designed for Controlled Proteolysis, D. Voges, P. Zwickl, and W. Baumeister In Vitro Selection of Functional Nucleic Acids, David S. Wilson and Jack W. Szostak Structural Motifs in RNA, P. B. Moore De Novo Design and Structural Characterization of Proteins and Metalloproteins, William F. DeGrado, Christopher M. Summa, Vincenzo Pavone, Flavia Nastri, and Angela Lombardi Mutagenesis of Glycosidases, Hoa D. Ly and Stephen G. Withers Catalysis by Metal-Activated Hydroxide in Zinc and Manganese Metalloenzymes, David W. Christianson and J. David Cox Nuclear-Receptor Ligands and Ligand-Binding Domains, Ross V. Weatherman, Robert J. Fletterick, and Thomas S. Scanlan Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Aquaporin Water Channels, Mario Borgnia, Seren Nielsen, Andreas Engel, and Peter Agre Regulation of the Cytoskeleton and Cell Adhesion by the Rho Family GTPases in Mammalian Cells, K. Kaibuchi, S. Kuroda, and M. Amano Inorganic Polyphosphate: A Molecule of Many Functions, Arthur Kornberg, Narayana N. Rao, and Dana Ault-Riché Membrane Fusion and Exocytosis, Reinhard Jahn and Thomas C. Siidhof The Anaphase-Promoting Complex: New Subunits and Regulators, A. M. Page and P. Hieter Control of Carpel and Fruit Development in Arabidopsis, Cristina Ferrandiz, Soraya Pelaz, and Martin F. Yanofsky From the Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure, Volume 27, 1998: Signaling Complexes: Biophysical Constraints on Intracellular Communication, Dennis Bray (continued ) Vili RELATED ARTICLES (continued) Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Chromatin In Vitro, JW idom Crystallographic Structures of the Hammerhead Ribozyme: Relationship to Ribozyme Folding and Catalysis, Joseph E. Wedekind and David B. McKay The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Ribosome and Its Components, Peter B. Moore The Structure and Mechanism of Protein Phosphatases: Insight into Catalysis and Regulation, David Barford, Amit K. Das, and Marie-Pierre Egloff Cytochrome C Oxidase: Structure and Spectroscopy, H. Michel, J. Behr, A. Harrenga, and A. Kannt RNA Recognition by RNP Proteins During RNA Processing, Gabriele Varani and Kiyoshi Nagai Spatio-Temporal Resolution of Exocytosis from Individual Cells, Eric R. Travis and R. Mark Wightman DNA Nanotechnology: Novel DNA Constructions, Nadrian C. Seeman The Use of 7H, !°C, !°N Multidimensional NMR to Study the Structure and Dynamics of Proteins, Kevin H. Gardner and Lewis E. Kay Biosensors in Chemical Separations, Harvey A. Fishman, Daniel R. Greenwald, and Richard N. Zare From the Annual Review of Cell & Developmental Biology, Volume 14, 1998: Systemin: A Polypeptide Signal for Plant Defensive Genes, Clarence A. Ryan and Gregory Pearce Ubiquitin and the Control of Protein Fate in the Secretory and Endocytic Pathways, Juan S. Bonifacino and Allan M. Weissman The Tight Junction: Morphology to Molecules, Bruce R. Stevenson and Brigitte H. Keon Functions of Lipid Rafts in Biological Membranes, D. A. Brown and E. London Bioluminescence, Thérése Wilson and J. Woodland Hastings Mitochondrial Dynamics in Yeast, Greg J. Hermann and Janet M. Shaw Signaling to the Actin Cytoskeleton, Anja Schmidt and Michael N. Hall Isoform Sorting and the Creation of Intracellular Compartments, Peter Gunning, Ron Weinberger, Peter Jeffrey, and Edna Hardeman The Specification of Leaf Identity During Shoot Development, R. A. Kerstetter and R. S. Poethig Control of Translation Initiation in Animals, Nicola K. Gray and Marvin Wickens Intracellular Signaling from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Nucleus, Rowan Chapman, Carmela Sidrauski, and Peter Walter (continued ) RELATED ARTICLES (continued) ix Defining Actin Filament Length in Striated Muscle: Rulers and Caps of Dynamic Stability, R. Littlefield and V. M. Fowler From the Annual Review of Genetics, Volume 32, 1998: Regulation of Symbiotic Root Nodule Development, M. Schultze and A. 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