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Title

Cell-cell signaling in bacteria / edited by Gary M. Dunny, Stephen C. Winans.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Dunny, Gary M.
• Winans, Stephen Carlyle.

Description

xiii, 367 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

"This volume presents the first comprehensive review of bacterial quorum sensing, the signaling processes involved in control of multicellular activities of microbes. It reflects the explosion of knowledge in this area, and the realization that work being done in each of the signaling systems being studied may have important implications for other organisms not closely related by phylogeny or ecological niche."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
• Cell Communication
• Bacteria > growth & development
• Bacteria > Physiology
• Bacteria > cytology
• Cellular signal transduction
• Genetic transformation
• Symbiosis
• Cell interaction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Bacterial Life: Neither Lonely nor Boring / Gary M. Dunny and Stephen C. Winans -- I. Gene Transfer and Microbial Development. 2. Quorum Sensing and Peptide Pheromones in Streptococcal Competence for Genetic Transformation / Leiv Sigve Havarstein and Donald A. Morrison. 3. Cell-Density Control of Gene Expression and Development in Bacillus subtilis / Beth A. Lazazzera, Tanya Palmer and John Quisel / [et al.]. 4. Sex Pheromone Systems in Enterococci / Don B. Clewell. 5. Cell-Density Sensing during Early Development in Myxococcus xanthus / Lynda Plamann and Heidi B. Kaplan. 6. Cell Contact-Dependent C Signaling in Myxococcus xanthus / Lawrence J. Shimkets and Dale Kaiser -- II. Symbioses. 7. Quorum Sensing in Plant-Associated Bacteria / Leland S. Pierson III, Derek W. Wood and Susanne Beck von Bodman. 8. Cell Density-Dependent Gene Expression by Agrobacterium tumefaciens during Colonization of Crown Gall Tumors / Stephen C. Winans, Jun Zhu and Margret I. More.
• 9. Regulation of Pathogenicity in Staphylococcus aureus by a Peptide-Based Density-Sensing System / Richard P. Novick. 10. Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Everett C. Pesci and Barbara H. Iglewski -- III. Production of Antimicrobial Compounds. 11. The Lantibiotics Nisin and Subtilin Act as Extracellular Regulators of Their Own Biosynthesis / Michiel Kleerebezem, Willem M. de Vos and Oscar P. Kuipers. 12. Regulation of Group II Peptide Bacteriocin Synthesis by Quorum-Sensing Mechanisms / Ingolf F. Nes and Vincent G. H. Eijsink. 13. [gamma]-Butyrolactones That Control Secondary Metabolism and Cell Differentiation in Streptomyces / Sucharu Horinouchi -- IV. Molecular Basis of Cell-Cell Signaling. 14. Signal Generation in Autoinduction Systems: Synthesis of Acylated Homoserine Lactones by LuxI-Type Proteins / Clay Fuqua and Anatol Eberhard. 15. Transcriptional Activation by LuxR / Ann M. Stevens and E. P. Greenberg.
• 16. Self-Signaling by Phr Peptides Modulates Bacillus subtilis Development / Marta Perego. 17. A Multichannel Two-Component Signaling Relay Controls Quorum Sensing in Vibrio harveyi / Bonnie L. Bassler -- V. Past and Future. 18. Early Observations Defining Quorum-Dependent Gene Expression / Kenneth H. Nealson. 19. N-Acylhomoserine Lactones and Quorum Sensing in Proteobacteria / Simon Swift, Paul Williams and Gordon S. A. B. Stewart. 20. Emerging Density-Dependent Control Systems in Gram-Positive Cocci / Bettina A. B. Leonard and Andreas Podbielski. 21. The Emergent Properties of Quorum Sensing: Consequences to Bacteria of Autoinducer Signaling in Their Natural Environment / Karen L. Visick and Edward G. Ruby.

ISBN

1555811493

LCCN

98044808

OCLC

• 40075829
• ocm40075829

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries