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Presents the latest review of this highly intricate and complex prokaryote Compiles the current peer-reviewed information on myxobacteria for both nonspecialist and specialist Examines the distinctive mechanisms of myxobacterial motility, metabolism, and multicellular development Reviews the comparative genomic and metabolic analyses made possible by the latest technological advances Provides diverse examples of microbial multicellularity and differentiation in other organisms, setting myxobacterial biology in a wider context Includes a compendium of useful lab and research methods

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Author:   David E Whitworth
Publisher:   American Society for Microbiology
Imprint:   American Society for Microbiology
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   1.590kg
ISBN:  

9781555814205

ISBN 10:   1555814204
Pages:   538
Publication Date:   06 November 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Myxobacterial Biology 1. From Glycerol to the Genome, Dale Kaiser and Martin Dworkin 2. Why Cooperate? The Ecology and Evolution of Myxobacteria, Gregory J. Velicer and Kristina L. Hillesland Development and Motility 3. Initiation and Early Developmental Events, Michelle E. Diodati, Ronald E. Gill, Lynda Plamann, and Mitchell Singer 4. Contact-Dependent Signaling in Myxococcus xanthus: The Function of the C-Signal in Fruiting Body Morphogenesis, Lotte Sogaard-Andersen 5. Reversing Myxococcus xanthus Polarity, Dale Kaiser 6. Gliding Motility of Myxococcus xanthus, Patricia Hartzell, Wenyuan Shi, and Philip Youderian 7. The Frz Chemosensory System of Myxococcus xanthus, David R. Zusman, Yuki F. Inclan, and Tam Mignot Regulatory Mechanisms 8. The Chemosensory Signal Transduction Systems in Myxococcus xanthus, John R. Kirby, James E. Berleman, Susanne Muller, Di Li, Jodie C. Scott, and Janet M. Wilson 9. Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms during Myxococcus xanthus Development, Lee Kroos and Sumiko Inouye 10. Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems of the Myxobacteria, David E. Whitworth and Peter J. A. Cock 11. Protein Ser/Thr Kinases and Phosphatases in Myxococcus xanthus, Sumiko Inouye, Hirofumi Nariya, and Jose Munoz-Dorado 12. Carotenogenesis in Myxococcus xanthus: a Complex Regulatory Network, Montserrat Elias-Arnanz, Marta Fontes, and S. Padmanabhan Structure and Metabolism 13. Composition, Structure, and Function of the Myxococcus xanthus Cell Envelope, Heidi B. Kaplan, Xue-yan Duan, Mehdi Esmaeiliyan, and Zhaomin Yang 14. Metabolic Pathways Relevant to Predation, Signaling, and Development, Patrick D. Curtis and Lawrence J. Shimkets 15. Secondary Metabolism in Myxobacteria, Helge B. Bode and Rolf Muller Myxobacterial Genomics and Postgenomics 16. The Genomes of Myxococcus xanthus and Stigmatella aurantiaca, Catherine M. Ronning and William C. Nierman 17. A Post-Genomic Overview of the Myxobacteria, Garret Suen, Barry S. Goldman, and Roy D. Welch Stigmatella and Sorangium 18. The Challenge of Structural Complexity: Stigmatella aurantiaca as an Alternative Myxobacterial Model, Wulf Plaga 19. Sorangium cellulosum, Klaus Gerth, Olena Perlova, and Rolf Muller Analogous Systems 20. Bdellovibrio: Lone Hunter Cousin of the Pack Hunting Myxobacteria, K. J. Evans, L. Hobley, C. Lambert, and R. E. Sockett 21. Bacillus subtilis Sporulation and Other Multicellular Behaviors, Lee Kroos, Patrick J. Piggot, and Charles P. Moran, Jr. 22. Developmental Control in Caulobacter crescentus: Strategies for Survival in Oligotrophic Environments, Deanne L. Pierce and Yves V. Brun 23. Developmental Biology of Heterocysts, 2007, Jindong Zhao and C. Peter Wolk 24. Multicellular Development in Streptomyces, Marie A. Elliott, Mark J. Buttner, and Justin R. Nodwell 25. A Eukaryotic Neighbor: Dictyostelium discoideum, Derrick Brazill and Richard H. Gomer 26. Multispecies Interactions and Biofilm Community Development, Paul E. Kolenbrander, Nicholas S. Jakubovics, and Natalia I. Chalmers Myxobacterial Methods 27. Myxococcus xanthus: Cultivation, Motility, and Development, Penelope I. Higgs and John P. Merlie, Jr. 28. Myxococcus xanthus: Expression Analysis, Frank-Dietrich Muller and Jimmy Schouv Jakobsen 29. Genetic Tools for Studying Myxococcus xanthus Biology, Kimberly A. Murphy and Anthony G. Garza 30. Sorangium cellulosum Methods, Anke Treuner-Lange, Sabrina Doss, and Tina Knauber

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