Biochemistry of Archaea (Archaebacteria)
Published in December 1993
Book
Hardback
630 pages
978-0-444-81713-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the last 10 years, considerable information has accumulated on the biochemistry of archaea. In this volume, the subject as a whole is treated in a comprehensive manner. The book brings together recent knowledge concerning general metabolism, bioenergetics, molecular biology and genetics, membrane lipid and cell-wall structural chemistry and evolutionary relations, of the three major groups of archaea: the extreme halophiles, the extreme thermophiles and the methanogens. Subjects included are: the evolutionary relationship of these microorganisms to all other living cells; special metabolic features of archaea; protein structural chemistry; cell envelopes; molecular biology in archaea including DNA structure and replication, transcription apparatus, translation apparatus, and ribosomal structure; and a final chapter on the molecular genetics of archaea. This comprehensive scope ensures its usefulness to researchers, and stimulates further study in this rapidly developing field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-81713-6 (9780444817136)
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M. Kates | D. J. Kushner | A. T. Matheson
The Biochemistry of Archaea (Archaebacteria)
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12/1993
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Content
The archaea - their history and significance, C.R. Woese; list of contributors; central metabolism of the archaea, M.J. Danson; bioenergetics of extreme halophites, V.P. Skulachev; biochemistry of methanogenesis, L. Daniels and B. Mukhopadhyay; bioenergetics and transport in methanogens and related thermophilic archaea, P. Schonheit; signal transduction in halobacteria, D. Oesterhelt and W. Marwan; ion transport rhodopsins (bacteriorhodopsin and halorhodopsin) - structure and function, J.K. Lanyi; proteins of extreme thermophiles, R. Hensel; cell envelopes of archaea - structure and chemistry, O. Kandler and H. Konig; membrane lipids of archaea, M. Kates; the membrane-bound enzymes of the archaea, L.I. Hochstein; chromosome structure, DNA topoisomerases, and DNA polymerases in archaebacteria (archaea), P. Forterre and C. Elie; transcription in archaea, W. Zillig et al; translation in archaea, R. Amilis et al; the structure, function and evolution of archaeal ribosomes, C. Ramirez et al; halobacterial genes and genomes, L.C. Schalkwyk; structure and function of methanogen genes, J.R. Palmer and J.N. Reeve; archaeal hyperthermophile genes, J.Z. Dalgaard and R.A. Garrett; epilogue, W.F. Doolittle.