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In this volume of SUBCELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY we cover a wide range of topics of considerable biological importance and have continued in our policy of letting authors, rather than editors, decide the "natural" length of their articles. Thus, we have some short but nevertheless significant contributions, as well as more massive chapters. We start with a detailed account by 1. Oelze of the composition and development of the bacterial photosynthetic apparatus. A number of photosynthetic bacteria are discussed, with particular emphasis on the well-studied Rhodospirillum rubrum and Rhodopseudomonas sphae roides. The reader will no doubt be struck by the great wealth of information now available on the molecular organization of the photosynthetic and respi ratory systems in these organisms. Equally important is our improved under standing of the biosynthesis and assembly of these systems. It is now generally accepted that photosynthetic bacteria are excellent model systems for the study of bioenergetic processes. It may well be that they will become equally popular as models for the study of membrane biogenesis, and it is to be hoped that Oelze's erudite and comprehensive treatment of the subject will help in this regard.
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Subcellular Biochemistry Volume 8 ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD J. ANDRE Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, 4 Faculte des Sciences, 91 Orsay, France D. L. ARNON Department of Cell Physiology, Hilgard Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA J. BRACHET Laboratoire de Morphologic Animale, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium J. CHAUVEAU Institut de Recherches Scientifiques sur Ie Cancer, 16 Avenue VaillantCouturier, 94 Ville Juif, Boite Postale 8, France C. de DUVE Universite de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium and The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA M. KLINGENBERG Institut fUr Physiologische Chemie und Physikalische Biochemie, Universitiit Miinchen, Goethestrasse 33, Miinchen 15, Germany A. LIMA-de-FARIA Institute of Molecular Cytogenetics, Tornavagen 13, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden O. LINDBERG The Wenner-Gren Institute, Norrtullsgatan 16, Stockholm, V A, Sweden V. N. LUZIKOV A. N. Belozersky Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Bioorganic Chemistry, Lomonosov State University, Building A, Moscow 117234, USSR H. R. MAHLER Chemical Laboratories, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, USA M. M. K. NASS Department of Therapeutic Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Biology Service Building, 3800 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA A. B. NOVIKOFF Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Eastchester Road and Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA R. N. ROBERTSON Mac1eay Building, A12, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia P. SIEKEVITZ The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA F. S. SJOSTRAND Department of Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA A. S. SPIRIN A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leninsky Prospekt 33, Moscow V-71, USSR D. von WETTSTEIN Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, GI. Carlsbergvcj 10, DK-2500, Copenhagen, Denmark V. P. WHITTAKER AbteiJung fUr Neurochemie, Max-Plantk Institut fUr Biophysikalische Chemic, D-3400 Gottingen-Nikolausberg, Postfach 968, Germany A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Subcellular Biochemistry Volume 8 Edited by Donald B. Roodyn University College London London, England PLENUM PRESS • NEW YORK AND LONDON The Library