Myxobacteria: Development and Cell Interactions Springer Series in Molecular Biology - First edition

EAN (ISBN-13): 9780387909622
ISBN (ISBN-10): 0387909621
Hardcover
Publishing year: 1984
Publisher: Springer

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ISBN/EAN: 0387909621

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0-387-90962-1, 978-0-387-90962-2
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Book author: rosenberg
Book title: ecological studies, myxobacteria, cell cell interactions, cell and molecular biology

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Author: E. Rosenberg
Title: Springer Series in Molecular and Cell Biology; Myxobacteria - Development and Cell Interactions
Publisher: Springer; Springer US
301 Pages
Publishing year: 1984-07-16
New York; NY; US
Weight: 0,810 kg
Language: English
85,55 € (DE)
87,95 € (AT)
106,60 CHF (CH)
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BB; Book; Hardcover, Softcover / Biologie/Mikrobiologie; Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch); Verstehen; cloning; preparation; cell division; cell; metabolism; physiology; regulation; genetics; lipids; proteins; bacteria; enzymes; protein; molecular mechanisms; Bakterien; B; Microbiology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cell Biology; Biotechnology; Zellbiologie (Zytologie); Biotechnologie; BC; EA

1. Myxobacteria: A Most Peculiar Group of Social Prokaryotes.- Gliding Motility.- Morphogenesis.- Intercellular Communication.- Ecology.- Physiology, Isolation, and Cultivation.- Phylogeny and Taxonomy.- 2. Structure and Function of Myxobacteria Cells and Fruiting Bodies.- Structure of Vegetative Cells and Myxospores.- Structure of Fruiting Bodies.- Conclusions.- 3. Genome of Myxococcus xanthus.- Coordination of DNA Replication with Cell Division.- Base Composition.- Genome Size.- DNA Methylation.- Phase Variation and DNA Rearrangement.- Small Homogeneous DNA Fragment in Total Chromosomal DNA Preparations.- Conclusion.- Note Added in Pages.- 4. Nutrition, Metabolism, and the Initiation of Development.- Nutrition.- Intermediary Metabolism.- Regulation of Nutritional Downshift in Other Bacteria.- Nutritional Control of Fruiting Body Formation.- Intercellular Communication in Other Bacteria.- Intercellular Signals Initiating Development of Myxobacteria.- Conclusion.- 5. Antibiotics and Lytic Enzymes.- Lytic Phenomena.- Lytic Agents Produced by Myxobacteria.- Role of Lytic Enzymes and Antibiotics in Nutrition.- Development: Role of Lytic Enzymes and Antibiotics.- 6. Pigments of Myxobacteria.- Chemical Structures and Biosynthesis.- Physiology.- 7. Gliding Motility and Taxes.- Description of Movements.- Biological, Physical and Chemical Conditions that Affect Gliding.- Gliding Motility Mutants.- Mechanistic Theories of Myxobacterial Gliding.- Tactic Responses.- Conclusion.- Acknowledgments.- 8. Genetics of Myxobacteria.- Transducing Phages and Transduction.- Transposon Tn5 in Myxococcus xanthus.- Gene Mapping by Cotransduction.- Tandem Duplications.- Cloning Myxobacterial Genes.- Extracellular Complementation.- Summary.- Acknowledgment.- 9. Developmental Program of Myxococcus xanthus.- Development in Myxococcus xanthus.- Biochemical Markers of Development.- Analysis of the Developmental Program with Mutants.- Outlines of a Developmental Program.- Acknowledgments.- 10. Social Adaptations in Myxobacteria.- Group Selection and Individual Selection.- Social Behavior During Growth.- Social Behavior During Development.- Conclusion.- 11. Research on the Myxobacteria: Past, Present, Future.- The Distant Past.- The Recent Past.- The Present.- The Future of Myxobacterial Research.- Conclusion.- Acknowledgments.- Appendix A. Selected Reviews on Myxobacteria.- Appendix D. Techniques for Culturing Stigmatella.- References.