Microbial biochemistry /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Georges N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, the Netherlands ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2004]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. I. Bacterial growth
  • Ch. II. The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria and the cytoplasmic membrane
  • Ch. III. Peptidoglycan synthesis
  • Ch. IV. Cellular permeability
  • Ch. V. Allosteric enzymes
  • Ch. VI. Glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and glycogen synthesis
  • Ch. VII. The pentose phosphate and Entner-Doudoroff pathways
  • Ch. VIII. The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the glyoxylate bypass
  • Ch. IX. Biosynthesis of lipids
  • Ch. X. The Archaea
  • Ch. XI. Methanogens and methylotrophs
  • Ch. XII. Enzyme induction in catabolic systems
  • Ch. XIII. Transcription. RNA polymerase
  • Ch. XIV. Negative regulation
  • Ch. XV. Enzyme repression in anabolic pathways
  • Ch. XVI. Positive regulation
  • Ch. XVII. The ribosomes
  • Ch. XVIII. The genetic code, the transfer RNAs and the aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetases
  • Ch. XIX. Attenuation
  • Ch. XX. The biological fixation of nitrogen
  • Ch. XXI. How biosynthetic pathways have been established
  • Ch. XXII. The aspartic acid family of amino acids. Biosynthesis
  • Ch. XXIII. Regulation of the biosynthesis of the amino acids of the aspartic acid family in Enterobacteriaceae
  • Ch. XXIV. Other patterns of regulation of the synthesis of amino acids of the aspartate family
  • Ch. XXV. Biosynthesis of the amino acids of the glutamic acid family and its regulation
  • Ch. XXVI. Biosynthesis of amino acids derived from phosphoglyceric acid and pyruvic acid
  • Ch. XXVII. Selenocysteine and selenoproteins
  • Ch. XXVIII. Biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and its regulation
  • Ch. XXIX. The biosynthesis of histidine and its regulation
  • Ch. XXX. The biosynthesis of nucleotides
  • Ch. XXXI. The biosynthesis of deoxyribonucleotides
  • Ch. XXXII. Biosynthesis of some water-soluble vitamins and of their coenzyme forms
  • Ch. XXXIII. Biosynthesis of carotene, vitamin A, sterols, ubiquinones and menaquinones
  • Ch. XXXIV. Biosynthesis of the tetrapyrrole ring system
  • Ch. XXXV. Biosynthesis of cobalamins including vitamin B₁₂
  • Ch. XXXVI. Interactions between proteins and DNA
  • Ch. XXXVII. Evolution of biosynthetic pathways
  • Abbreviations