Bacterial Cell Wall (New Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol. 27)

Oversized hardcover, glossy paper, xxiv + 581 pages. One cancelled foreign stamp (reverse of title page). Interior is clean, with unmarked text and secure binding, a hint of age-toning to edges else untanned. Shelfworn boards with heavily rubbed edges. Issued without a dust jacket. Weight 1.38kg. -- Studies of the bacterial cell wall emerged as a new field of research in the early 1950s, and has flourished in a multitude of directions. This excellent book provides an integrated collection of contributions forming a fundamental reference for researchers and of general use to teachers, advanced students in the life sciences, and all scientists in bacterial cell wall research. Chapters include topics such as: Peptidoglycan, an essential constituent of bacterial endospores; Teichoic and teichuronic acids, lipoteichoic acids, lipoglycans, neural complex polysaccharides and several specialized proteins are frequently unique wall-associated components of gram-positive bacteria; Bacterial cells evolving signal transduction pathways; underlying mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. -- Contents: 1. Bacterial Cell Envelope: A Historical Perspective; 2. Bacterial Peptidoglycan: Overview & Evolving Concepts; 3. Biosynthesis of the Bacterial Peptidoglycan Unit; 4. Utilization of Lipid-linked Precursors and the Formation of Peptidoglycan in the Process of Cell Growth and Division: Membrane Enzymes Involved in the Final Steps of Peptidoglycan Synthesis and the Mechanism of Their Regulation; 5. Molecular Biology of Bacterial Septation; 6. Biochemistry of the Penicilloyl Serine Transferases; 7. Microbial Peptidoglycan (Murein) Hydrolases; 8. Cell Wall Changes During Bacterial Endospore Formation; 9. Teichoic Acid Synthesis in Bacillus Subtilis: Genetic Organization and Biological Roles; 10. Lipoteichoic Acids and Lipoglycans; 11. Cell-wall-associated Proteins in Gram-positive Bacteria; 12. Molecular Organization and Structural Role of Outer Membrane Macromolecules; 13. Biosynthesis and Assembly of Lipopolysaccharide; 14. Lipoproteins, Structure, Function, Biosynthesis and Model for Protein Export; 15. Structure-function Relationships in Porins as Derived From a 1.8 Å Resolution Crystal Structure; 16. Structures of Non-specific Diffusion Pores from Escherichia Coli; 17. Porin Superfamily: Diversity and Common Features; 18. Outer Membrane Proteins of Escherichia Coli: Mechanism of Sorting and Regulation of Synthesis; 19. Uptake of Solutes Through Bacterial Outer Membranes; 20. Secretion of Hemolysin and Other Proteins out of the Gram-negative Bacterial Cell; 21. Periplasm; 22. Transmembrane Signal Transducing Proteins; 23. Mechanisms of Chromosomal Beta-lactamase Induction in Gram-negative Bacteria; 24. Induction of Beta-lactamase and Low-affinity Penicillin Binding Protein 2' Synthesis in Gram-Positive Bacteria; 25. Resistance to Beta-lactam Antibiotics; 26. Resistance to Glycopeptide Antibiotics; 27. Diffusion of Inhibitors Across the Cell Wall; Species & Subject Index.…