Advances in Microbial Physiology
Academic Press
Published on 13. December 1977
378 pages
978-0-08-057976-4 (ISBN)
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Advances in Microbial Physiology
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A. H. Rose | D.W. Tempest
Advances in Microbial Physiology: v. 16
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12/1978
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- Front Cover
- Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume 16
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Some Biophysical Aspects of Ciliary and Flagellar Motility
- I. Introduction
- II. Structure
- III. Patterns of Movement
- IV. Some Hydrodynamic Considerations
- V. Functions of Axonemal Structures
- VI. Mechanochemical Aspects
- VII. Control of Flagellar and Ciliary Motion
- VIII. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 2. Does the Initiation of Chromosome Replication Regulate Cell Division?
- I. Introduction
- II. Models for the Regulation of Cell Division and Chromosome Replication
- III. The Necessity for Correlation of Events in Cell Cycles of Related Individuals
- IV. The Role of DNA Initiation in Regulating Cell Division
- V. Computer Simulation of the Cell Cycle Based on the Deterministic Principle
- VI. Pulse Autoradiography of Slowly Dividing Cells: The Experimental Basis for Computer Simulation
- VII. Experiments Concerning the Variation in the Initiation of Chromosome Replication
- VIII. Possible Experimental Objections
- IX. Variability of the Time Between Nuclear Division and Cell Division
- X. Temporal Accuracy of DNA Synthesis Cycle
- XI. Computation of the Fraction of Cells of a Size Class Engaged in DNA Replication
- XII. Precision of Initiation of Chromosome Regulations in Myxococcus xanthus
- XIII. Conclusions
- XIV. Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 3. Repair of Damaged DNA in Bacteria
- I. Survival Value of DNA Repair Mechanisms
- II. Radiation and Chemical Damage to DNA
- III. The Isolation of Mutants Defective in DNA Repair
- IV. Photoreactivation Repair
- V. Excision Repair
- VI. Post-Replication Recombination Repair
- VII. The Repair of Ionizing Radiation Damage
- VIII. The Repair of Cross-Link Damage
- IX. The Mutagenic Consequences of Repair
- X. Summary
- References
- Chapter 4. Structure, Synthesis and Genetics of Yeast Mitochondrial DNA
- I. Introduction
- II. Structure and Physical Properties of mtDNA in Respiratory-Competent Yeast
- III. Synthesis of mtDNA
- IV. Petite Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae-Molecular Aspects
- V. Mitochondrial Genetics in Yeast
- References
- Chapter 5. Disruption of Micro-organisms
- I. Introduction
- II. Strength of Cell Walls in Relation to Structure
- III. Principles of Cell Breakage
- IV. Lability of Cell Extract Components
- V. Controlled Breakage of Eukaryotic Micro-organisms
- VI. Concluding Remarks
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
