The mycobacterial cell envelope [electronic resource] / edited by Mamadou Daffé, Jean-Marc Reyrat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daffé, Mamadou.

Reyrat, Jean-Marc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mycobacteria.

Bacterial cell walls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mycobacteria are responsible for many high-profile diseases in both humans and animals including leprosy, Buruli ulcer, Johne's disease, and most notably, tuberculosis. The Mycobacterial Cell Envelope explains the unique characteristics that cause this large group of bacteria to function differently.

Contents:

The global architecture of the mycobacterial cell envelope / Mamadou Daffé

Wall ultrastructure and periplasm / Terry J. Beveridge

Biosynthesis of the arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Dean C. Crick and Patrick J. Brennan

A comprehensive overview of mycolic acid structure and biosynthesis / Hedia Marrakchi ... [et al.]

Cording, cord factors, and trehalose dimycolate / Michael S. Glickman

Structure, biosynthesis, and activities of phosphatidyl-myo-Inositol-based lipoglycans / Martine Gilleron ... [et al.]

Antibiotics and new inhibitors of the cell wall / Lynn G. Dover ... [et al.]

Enigmatic proteins from the surface : the Erp, PE, and PPE protein families / Giovanni Delogu ... [et al.]

Mycobacterial porins / Michael Niederweis

Iron uptake in mycobacteria / Luis E.N. Quadri

The ABC transporter systems / Jean Content and Priska Peirs

The MmpL protein family / Madhulika Jain, Eric D. Chow, and Jeffery S. Cox

ESAT-6 and the mycobacterial ESX secretion systems / Ida Rosenkrands ... [et al.]

Mycobacterial sigma factors and surface biology / Sahadevan Raman ... [et al.]

Biosynthesis of mycobacterial lipids by multifunctional polyketide synthases / Vivek T. Natarajan, Debasisa Mohanty, and Rajesh S. Gokhale

The constituents of the cell envelope and their impact on the host immune system / Warwick J. Britton and James A. Triccas

Biosynthesis and roles of phenolic glycolipids and related molecules in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Christophe Guilhot, Christian Chalut, and Mamadou Daffé

Sulfated metabolites from Mycobacterium tuberculosis : sulfolipid-1 and beyond / Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Michael W. Schelle

The mycobacterial heparin-binding hemagglutinin : a virulence factor and antigen useful for diagnostics and vaccine development / Camille Locht ... [et al.]

The role of mycobacterial kinases and phosphatases in growth, pathogenesis, and cell wall metabolism / Anil K. Tyagi, Ramandeep Singh, and Vibha Gupta

Glycopeptidolipids : a complex pathway for small pleiotropic molecules / Caroline Deshayes ... [et al.]

The mycolactones : biologically active polyketides produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans and related aquatic mycobacteria / Timothy P. Stinear and Pamela L.C. Small

Epilogue: The envelope : beyond the veil / Jean-Marc Reyrat and Mamadou Daffé.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-03407-7

9786613034076

1-55581-578-2

OCLC:

609853183