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1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations, tables |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contributors; Current books of interest; Preface; 1: Whence Comes Social Diversity? Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis of the Myxobacteria; Introduction; A fundamental unanswered question: why be social?; Classification and phylogenetic analysis; Biogeography: patterns and their causes; Terrestrial biogeography of intraspecific variation; Socially mediated selection; 2: Genome Evolution and Content in the Myxobacteria; Myxobacteria genome sequencing history; Myxobacteria whole-genome comparisons: genome size. |
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The early-functioning EBPs form a regulatory cascadeInputs and outputs of the EBP regulatory cascade; The Mrp and FruA modules; Regulation of C-signal-dependent genes; Regulation of the dev operon depends on C-signalling and three transcription factors; A plethora of potential late genes revealed by studying glycerol-induced sporulation; Evolution of the GRN; Conclusions; Questions and future directions; 7: Abundance and Complexity of Signalling Mechanisms in Myxobacteria; Introduction; Two-component systems; ECF σ factors; Eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr protein kinases and phosphatases. |
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Myxobacteria whole-genome comparisons: genome organization and conserved syntenyMyxobacteria whole-genome comparisons: genetic content; Myxobacteria whole-genome comparisons: signal transduction; Myxobacteria whole-genome comparisons: the genetic programme for fruiting body formation; Future of myxobacteria genomics; 3: Myxococcus xanthus Vegetative and Developmental Cell Heterogeneity; Introduction; Phase variation; Cell clusters; Fruiting bodies; Peripheral rods; Programmed cell death/developmental autolysis; Concluding remarks. |
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4: Cell Cycle Regulation in Myxococcus xanthus During Vegetative Growth and Development: Regulatory Links Between DNA Replication and Cell DivisionIntroduction; Organization of the Myxococcus xanthus chromosome; Chromosome replication and segregation in Myxococcus xanthus; Cell division in Myxococcus xanthus; The cell cycle and DNA synthesis during sporulation; DNA replication is required for fruiting body formation and myxospore formation; DNA replication and checkpoint control of development; Perspectives; 5: Social Interactions Mediated by Outer Membrane Exchange. |
| Summary |
Myxobacteria have fascinated generations of scientists since discovery over a century ago. These bacteria represent the epitome of complex prokaryotic behavior. Their predatory swarms move over solid surfaces, utilizing two distinct motility machineries: one driven by retractable pili and the other by a novel gliding machinery. Furthermore, under nutrient limitation, myxobacteria enter a developmental program featuring distinct cell fates and culminating in the formation of multicellular fruiting bodies filled with dormant spores. In this book, expert myxobiologists describe important recent a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Myxobacterales.
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Myxobacterales. |
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Genomics.
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Genomics. |
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Molecular biology.
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Molecular biology. |
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molecular biology. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology. |
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology. |
| Added Author |
Yang, Zhaomin.
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Higgs, Penelope I., 1968-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Myxobacteria : genomics, cellular and molecular biology. Norfolk, [England] : Caister Academic Press, ©2014 x, 235 pages 9781908230348 |
| ISBN |
9781908230966 (electronic book) |
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1908230967 (electronic book) |
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9781908230348 |
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