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Bacterial Cell Walls and Membranes , 1st ed. 2019
Subcellular Biochemistry Series, Vol. 92
Coordinator: Kuhn Andreas
Language: EnglishSubject for Bacterial Cell Walls and Membranes :
Bacterial Cell Walls and Membranes
Publication date: 08-2020
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 08-2020
Support: Print on demand
Bacterial Cell Walls and Membranes
Publication date: 06-2019
501 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
Publication date: 06-2019
501 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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This book provides an up-to-date overview of the architecture and biosynthesis of bacterial and archaeal cell walls, highlighting the evolution-based similarities in, but also the intriguing differences between the cell walls of Gram-negative bacteria, the Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, and the Archaea. The recent major advances in this field, which have brought to light many new structural and functional details, are presented and discussed. Over the past five years, a number of novel systems, e.g. for lipid, porin and lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis have been described. In addition, new structural achievements with periplasmic chaperones have been made, all of which have revealed amazing details on how bacterial cell walls are synthesized. These findings provide an essential basis for future research, e.g. the development of new antibiotics.
The book?s content is the logical continuation of Volume 84 of SCBI (on Prokaryotic Cytoskeletons), and sets the stage for upcoming volumes on Protein Complexes.
Offers a cutting-edge overview, comparing Gram+, Gram-, and Archaea cell walls
Provides novel insights into biosynthetic pathways of lipids, lipopolysaccharides, membrane proteins, transport, and assembly
Describes the molecular mechanisms and structural details of all currently known systems operating in prokaryotic cell walls
Summarizes the key lessons of each chapter with tutorials
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