The genomic era of chloroplast research / Dario Leister and Paolo Pesaresi -- Plastid development and differentiation / Mark Waters and Kevin Pyke -- Plastid metabolic pathways / Ian J. Tetlow [and others] -- Plastic division in higher plants / Simon Geir Møller -- The protein import pathway into chloroplasts : a single tune or variations on a common theme? / Ute C. Vothknecht and Jürgen Soll -- Biogenesis of the thylakoid membrane / Colin Robinson and Alexandra Mant -- The chloroplast proteolytic machinery / Zach Adam -- Regulation of nuclear gene expression by plastid signals / John C. Gray -- Chloroplast avoidance movement / Masahiro Kasahara and Masamitsu Wada -- Chloroplast genetic engineering for enhanced agronomic traits and expression of proteins for medical/industrial applications / Andrew L. Devine and Henry Daniell.