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Title Muqarnas : an annual on the visual culture of the Islamic world. Volume 25. Frontiers of Islamic art and architecture : essays in celebration of Oleg Grabar's eightieth birthday / edited by Gülru Necipoğlu, Julia Bailey.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 395 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Muqarnas, 25. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Thirtieth Anniversary Special Volume ; v. 25
Muqarnas, 25. The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture Thirtieth Anniversary Special Volume.
Note "The Aga Khan Program for Islamic architecture, thirtieth anniversary special volume."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents I. Common Features -- 1. The global architecture of the Mycobacterial cell envelope -- 2. Wall ultrastructure and periplasm -- 3. Biosynthesis of the Arabinogalactan-Peptidoglycan Complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- 4. A Comprehensive Overview of Mycolic Acid Structure and Biosynthesis -- 5. Cording, Cord Factors, and Trehalose Dimycolate -- 6. Structure, Biosynthesis, and Activities of the Phosphatidyl-myo-Inositol-Based Lipoglycans -- 7. Antibiotics and New Inhibitors of the Cell Wall -- 8. Enigmatic Proteins from the Surface: the Erp, PE, and PPE Protein Families -- 9. Mycobacterial Porins -- 10. Iron Uptake in Mycobacteria -- 11. The ABC Transporter Systems -- 12. The MmpL Protein Family -- 13. ESAT-6 and the Mycobacterial ESX Secretion Systems -- 14. Mycobacterial Sigma Factors and Surface Biology -- 15. Biosynthesis of Mycobacterial Lipids by Multifunctional Polyketide Synthases -- 16. The Constituents of the Cell Envelope and Their Impact on the Host Immune System -- II. Specific Features -- 17. Biosynthesis and Roles of Phenolic Glycolipids and Related Molecules in Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- 18. Sulfated Metabolites from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Sulfolipid-1 and Beyond -- 19. The Mycobacterial Heparin-Binding Hemagglutinin: a Virulence Factor and Antigen Useful for Diagnostics and Vaccine Development -- 20. The Role of Mycobacterial Kinases and Phosphatases in Growth, Pathogenesis, and Cell Wall Metabolism -- 21. Glycopeptidolipids: a Complex Pathway for Small Pleiotropic Molecules -- 22. The Mycolactones: Biologically Active Polyketides Produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans and Related Aquatic Mycobacteria -- Epilogue: The Envelope: beyond the Veil. Electronic reproduction.
Summary "Muqarnas" is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In "Muqarnas" articles are being published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.
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Subject Islamic architecture.
Islamic architecture.
Islamic art.
Islamic art.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Necipoğlu, Gülru.
Bailey, Julia, 1944-
Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.
Added Title Frontiers of Islamic art and architecture : essays in celebration of Oleg Grabar's eightieth birthday
Other Form: Print version: Muqarnas : Volume 25. Frontiers of Islamic art and architecture : essays in celebration of Oleg Grabar's eightieth birthday. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 9789004173279 (OCoLC)286436191
ISBN 9789047426745 (electronic book)
9047426746 (electronic book)
9789004173279
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004173279.i-396