Part 1 The control of metabolism: fundamentals of gene structure and control, D.D.Lefebvre; regulation of gene expression during development, R.Casey; biochemical regulation, W.Plaxton; regulation by compartmentation, D.T.Dennis and M.J.Emes. Part 2 Cytosolic carbon metabolism: carbohydrates synthesis and degradation, N.J.Kruger; glycolysis, the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway and anaerobic respiration, 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 mitochondrial genome and its expression, M.Gray; protein import into the mitochrondrion, K.Freeman et al; metabolite exchange between the mitochondrion and the cytosol, R.Douce and M.Neuburger. Part 5 Photosynthesis: plastid structure and development, W.Newcomb; molecular biology of photosynthesis in higher plants, J.Mullet; the formation of ATP and reducing power in the light, N.Nelson and B.Prezelin; ribulose 1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenese - mechanisms, activation and regulation, R.G.Jensen; the reductive pentose phosphate pathway and its regulation, F.D.Macdonald and B.B.Bucchanan; photorespiration and CO2-concentrating mechanisms, D.T.Canvin; the flux of metabolites in C4 and CAM plants, R.C.Leegood and C.B.Osmond. Part 6 Chloroplast-cytosol interactions: transport of proteins into chloroplasts, K.Keegstra; the flux of carbon between the chloroplast and the cytosol, M.Stitt. Part 7 The formation and breakdown of lipids: the structure and formation of microbodies, C.Halpin and M.Lord; fatty acid and lipid biosynthesis and degradation, J.E.Andrews and J.Ohlrogge; terpene biosynthesis and metabolism, C.A.West. Part 8 Nitrogen metabolism: molecular biology of N metabolism, C.Vance and S.M.Griffith; amino acid and ureide biosynthesis, R.Ireland; interactions between nitrogen assimilation, photosynthesis and respiration, D.H.Turpin and H.G.Weger; long distance transport of carbon and nitrogen from sources to sink in higher plants, M.Peoples and R.Gifford; protein turnover, P.M.Hatfield and R.D.Vierstra; protein storage and utilization in seeds, J.D.Bewley and J.S.Greenwood. Part 9 Prospects for plant improvement: fundamentals of gene transfer in plants, B.Miki and V.N.Iyer; biochemical basis for plant improvement, C.R.Somerville.