Archaea : molecular and cellular biology

✍ Scribed by Cavicchioli, Ricardo

• Publisher: ASM Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 555
• Edition: First Printing
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This path-breaking book fully describes the molecular cell biology of the archaea in one accessible and readable volume. With twenty-three chapters by the world's leading experts, this book emphasizes each author's individual research expertise, while also being a general guide to the latest knowledge on archaea.

Abstract:

This new volume focuses on the cell biology of archaea. Individual chapters cover essential background information, examine the most recent discoveries, and conclude with thoughts on future research directions in the field. �Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The archaea: an invitation to evolution / Carl R. Woese --
General characteristics and important model organisms / Arnulf Kletzin --
DNA replication and cell cycle / Si-Houy Lao-Sirieix, Victoria L. Marsh, and Stephen D. Bell --
DNA-binding proteins and chromatin / Rachel Samson and John N. Reeve --
Mechanisms of genome stability and evolution / Dennis W. Grogan --
Transcription: mechanism and regulation / Michael Thomm --
RNA processing / Gabriele Klug [and others] --
Translation / Paola Londei --
Features of aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis unique to archaea / Carla Polycarpo [and others] --
Protein-folding systems / Frank T. Robb, Ryo Izuka, and Masafumi Yohda --
Sensing, signal transduction, and posttranslational modification / Peter J. Kennelly --
Central metabolism / Michael J. Danson, Henry J. Lamble, and David W. Hough --
Methanogenesis / James G. Ferry and Kyle A. Kastead. Proteinaceous surface layers of archaea: ultrastructure and biochemistry / Helmut König, Reinhard Rachel, and Harald Claus --
Lipids: biosynthesis, function, and evolution / Yan Boucher --
Solute transport / Sonja V. Albers, Wil N. Konings, and Arnold J.M. Driessen --
Protein translocation into and across archaeal cytoplasmic membranes / Mechthild Pohlschröder and Kieran C. Dilks --
Flagellation and chemotaxis / Ken F. Jarrell, Sandy Y.M. Ng, and Bonnie Chaban --
Structure and evolution of genomes / Patrick Forterre, Yvan Zivanovic, and Simonetta Gribaldo --
Functional genomics / Francis E. Jenney, Jr. [and others] --
Molecular genetics of archaea / Kevin Sowers and Kimberly Anderson --
Biotechnology / Marco Moracci [and others] --
Archaeosome vaccines / G. Dennis Sprott and Lakshmi Krishnan.

✦ Subjects

Archaebacteria -- Molecular aspects.