Bacillus subtilis and its closest relatives : from genes to cells / editor in chief Abraham L. Sonenshein, editors, James A. Hoch, Richard Losick.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Sonenshein, A. L., 1944-
• Hoch, James A.
• Losick, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Bacillus subtilis.
• Bacterial genetics.
• Gram-Positive Bacteria.

Medical Subjects:

• Bacillus subtilis.
• Gram-Positive Bacteria.

Physical Description:

xvi, 629 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2002]

Contents:

• Bacillus Subtilis: a Genomic View
• 1. Bacillus subtilis: from Cells to Genes and from Genes to Cells / Abraham L. Sonenshein, James A. Hoch, Richard Losick 1
• 2. The Bacillus subtilis Genome, Genes, and Functions / Ivan Moszer 7
• Cell Architecture
• 3. The Dynamic Architecture of the Bacillus Cell / Marc D. Sharp, Kit Pogliano 15
• 4. Structure and Synthesis of Cell Wall, Spore Cortex, Teichoic Acids, S-Layers, and Capsules / Simon J. Foster, David L. Popham 21
• 5. Biosynthesis and Function of Membrane Lipids / Diego De Mendoza, Gustavo E. Schujman, Pablo S. Aguilar 43
• 6. Cell Wall-Anchored Surface Proteins and Lipoproteins of Gram-Positive Bacteria / Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Olaf Schneewind 57
• Chromosome Replication and Cell Division
• 7. Chromosome Replication and Segregation / Katherine P. Lemon, Shigeki Moriya, Naotake Ogasawara, Alan D. Grossman 73
• 8. Termination of Chromosome Replication / I. G. Duggin, R. G. Wake 87
• 9. Cell Division during Growth and Sporulation / Jeff Errington, Richard A. Daniel 97
• Metabolism and Its Regulation
• 10. Overview of Transport in Bacillus subtilis / Milton H. Saier, Jr., Seth R. Goldman, Randal R. Maile, Matthew S. Moreno, Walter Weyler, Nelson Yang, Ian T. Paulsen 113
• 11. Carbohydrate Uptake and Metabolism / Josef Deutscher, Anne Galinier, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete 129
• 12. The Krebs Citric Acid Cycle / Abraham L. Sonenshein 151
• 13. Respiratory Cytochromes, Other Heme Proteins, and Heme Biosynthesis / Claes Von Wachenfeldt, Lars Hederstedt 163
• 14. Nitrogen Source Utilization and Its Regulation / Susan H. Fisher, Michel Debarbouille 181
• 15. The Pho Regulon / F. Marion Hulett 193
• 16. Biosynthesis of Amino Acids of the Glutamate and Aspartate Families, Alanine, and Polyamines / Boris R. Belitsky 203
• 17. Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in Bacillus subtilis / Paul Gollnick, Paul Babitzke, Enrique Merino, Charles Yanofsky 233
• 18. Synthesis of Serine, Glycine, Cysteine, and Methionine / Frank J. Grundy, Tina M. Henkin 245
• 19. Purine, Pyrimidine, and Pyridine Nucleotide Metabolism / Robert L. Switzer, Howard Zalkin, Hans Henrik Saxild 255
• 20. Vitamin Biosynthesis / John B. Perkins, Janice Pero 271
• Macromolecular Synthesis
• 21. RNA Polymerase and Sigma Factors / John D. Helmann, Charles P. Moran, Jr. 289
• 22. Ribosomes, Protein Synthesis Factors, and tRNA Synthetases / Tina M. Henkin 313
• 23. Regulation by Termination-Antitermination: a Genomic Approach / Enrique Merino, Charles Yanofsky 323
• 24. Protein Transport Pathways in Bacillus subtilis: a Genome-Based Road Map / Jan Maarten Van Dijl, Albert Bolhuis, Harold Tjalsma, Jan D. H. Jongbloed, Anne De Jong, Sierd Bron 337
• Adaptation and Differentiation
• 25. Regulation and Function of Heat-Inducible Genes in Bacillus subtilis / Wolfgang Schumann, Michael Heckler, Tarek Msadek 359
• 26. General Stress Response / Chester W. Price 369
• 27. Adaptation to Changing Osmolarity / Erhard Bremer 385
• 28. Anaerobiosis / Michiko M. Nakano, Peter Zuber 393
• 29. Metal Ion Uptake and Oxidative Stress / Andrew F. Herbig, John D. Helmann 405
• 30. Nonribosomal Assembly of Peptide Antibiotics on Modular Protein Templates / Torsten Stachelhaus, Henning D. Mootz, Mohamed A. Marahiel 415
• 31. Chemotaxis and Motility / Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Igor B. Zhulin, Leticia Marquez-Magana, George W. Ordal 437
• 32. Transformation and Recombination / David Dubnau, Charles M. Lovett, Jr. 453
• 33. Two-Component Systems, Phosphorelays, and Regulation of Their Activities by Phosphatases / Marta Perego, James A. Hoch 473
• 34. Sporulation Genes and Intercompartmental Regulation / Patrick J. Piggot, Richard Losick 483
• 35. A Gene Odyssey: Exploring the Genomes of Endospore-Forming Bacteria / Patrick Stragier 519
• 36. Proteins of the Spore Coat and Coat / Adam Driks 527
• 37. Spore Germination and Outgrowth / Madan Paidhungat, Peter Setlow 537
• Appendix 1 General View of the Bacillus subtilis Chromosome 552
• Appendix 2 Functional Classification of the Bacillus subtilis Protein-Encoding Genes 570.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1555812058

OCLC:

46991393