Regulation of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: From Physiology to DNA and Back....Pages 1-5
RNA Chain Initiation and Promoter Escape by RNA Polymerase....Pages 7-25
Transcription Termination and Its Control....Pages 27-45
Codon Context, Translational Step-Times and Attenuation....Pages 47-65
Control by Antisense RNA....Pages 67-83
Translational Control of Gene Expression in E. Coli and Bacteriophage....Pages 85-126
Effects of DNA Supercoiling on Gene Expression....Pages 127-147
The HU and IHF Proteins: Accessory Factors for Complex Protein-DNA Assemblies....Pages 149-179
The lac and gal Operons Today....Pages 181-200
The Maltose System....Pages 201-229
The Phosphoenolpyruvate-Dependent Carbohydrate: Phosphotransferase System (PTS) and Control of Carbon Source Utilization....Pages 231-254
The CAP Modulon....Pages 255-279
Regulation of Nitrogen Assimilation....Pages 281-290
History of the Pho System....Pages 291-295
Are the Multiple Signal Transduction Pathways of the Pho Regulon Due to Cross Talk or Cross Regulation?....Pages 297-315
The FNR Modulon and FNR-Regulated Gene Expression....Pages 317-342
The NAR Modulon Systems: Nitrate and Nitrite Regulation of Anaerobic Gene Expression....Pages 343-359
Regulation of Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism by the Arc system....Pages 361-381
The Porin Regulon: A Paradigm for the Two-Component Regulatory Systems....Pages 383-417
The Leucine\Lrp Regulon....Pages 419-433
Adaptive responses to Oxidative Stress: The soxRS and oxyR Regulons....Pages 435-452
The SOS Regulatory System....Pages 453-479
Heat Shock Regulation....Pages 481-501
Roles for Energy-Dependent Proteases in Regulatory Cascades....Pages 503-519
Control of rRNA and ribosome synthesis....Pages 521-545
Cell Division....Pages 547-569
Regulation of Gene Expression in Stationary Phase....Pages 571-583
Back Matter....Pages 585-592