Archaea : molecular and cellular biology

Content: The archaea: an invitation to evolution / Carl R. Woese --
General characteristics and important model organisms / Arnulf Kletzin --
DNA replication and cell cycle / Si-Houy Lao-Sirieix, Victoria L. Marsh, and Stephen D. Bell --
DNA-binding proteins and chromatin / Rachel Samson and John N. Reeve --
Mechanisms of genome stability and evolution / Dennis W. Grogan --
Transcription: mechanism and regulation / Michael Thomm --
RNA processing / Gabriele Klug [and others] --
Translation / Paola Londei --
Features of aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis unique to archaea / Carla Polycarpo [and others] --
Protein-folding systems / Frank T. Robb, Ryo Izuka, and Masafumi Yohda --
Sensing, signal transduction, and posttranslational modification / Peter J. Kennelly --
Central metabolism / Michael J. Danson, Henry J. Lamble, and David W. Hough --
Methanogenesis / James G. Ferry and Kyle A. Kastead. Proteinaceous surface layers of archaea: ultrastructure and biochemistry / Helmut König, Reinhard Rachel, and Harald Claus --
Lipids: biosynthesis, function, and evolution / Yan Boucher --
Solute transport / Sonja V. Albers, Wil N. Konings, and Arnold J.M. Driessen --
Protein translocation into and across archaeal cytoplasmic membranes / Mechthild Pohlschröder and Kieran C. Dilks --
Flagellation and chemotaxis / Ken F. Jarrell, Sandy Y.M. Ng, and Bonnie Chaban --
Structure and evolution of genomes / Patrick Forterre, Yvan Zivanovic, and Simonetta Gribaldo --
Functional genomics / Francis E. Jenney, Jr. [and others] --
Molecular genetics of archaea / Kevin Sowers and Kimberly Anderson --
Biotechnology / Marco Moracci [and others] --
Archaeosome vaccines / G. Dennis Sprott and Lakshmi Krishnan.