Thermophiles
Subtitle: biology and technology at high temperatures
By: edited by Frank Robb ... [et al.].
Contributors: Robb, F. T.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780849392146
Subjects: Thermophilic microorganisms; Bacterial Physiology; Adaptation, Physiological; Archaea -- genetics; Archaea -- physiology; Bacteria -- genetics; Genetics, Microbial; Heat
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Frank T. Robb ... [et al.]; title: Compatible solutes of (hyper)thermophiles and their role in protein stabilization / Helena Santos ... [et al.]; title: Relationships among catalytic activity, structural flexibility, and conformational stability as deduced from the analysis of mesophilic-thermophilic enzyme pairs and protein engineering studies / Reinhard Sterner and Eike Brunner; title: Membranes and transport proteins of thermophilic microorganisms / Sonja Verena Albers and Arnold J.M. Driessen; title: Thermophilic protein-folding systems / Frank T. Robb and Pongpan Laksanalamai; title: Physical properties of membranes composed of tetraether archaeal lipids / Parkson Lee-Gau Chong; title: Glycolysis in hyperthermophiles / Peter Schönheit; title: Industrial relevance of thermophiles and their enzymes / Garabed Antranikian; title: Denitrification pathway enzymes of thermophiles / Simon de Vries and Imke Schröder; title: DNA stability and repair / Malcolm F. White and Dennis W. Grogan; title: Plasmids and cloning vectors for thermophilic archaea / Kenneth M. Stedman; title: Genetic analysis in extremely thermophilic bacteria : an overview / Dennis W. Grogan; title: Targeted gene disruption as a tool for establishing gene function in hyperthermophilic archaea / Haruyuki Atomi and Tadayuki Imanaka; title: Nanobiotechnological potential of viruses of hyperthermophilic archaea / Tamara Basta and David Prangishvili; title: Master keys to DNA replication, repair, and recombination from the structural biology of enzymes from thermophiles / Li Fan ... [et al.]; title: DNA replication in thermophiles / Jae-Ho Shin, Lori M. Kelman, and Zvi Kelman; title: DNA-binding proteins and DNA topology / Kathleen Sandman; title: Structure and evolution of the Thermus thermophilus ribosome / Steven T. Gregory and Albert E. Dalberg; title: Protein phosphorylation at 80°C and above / Peter J. Kennelly; title: Archaeal 20S proteasome: a simple and thermostable model system for the core particle / Joshua K. Michel and Robert M. Kelly.