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Title

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

Publication

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

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Additional Authors

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

Description

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

Subject

• Bacillus subtilis
• Bacterial genetics
• Bacillus subtilis > cytology
• Bacillus subtilis > genetics
• Bacillus subtilis > metabolism
• Gram-Positive Bacteria

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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

ISBN

1555812058

LCCN

2001034828

OCLC

• ocm46991393
• SCSB-4257275

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries