The Mycobacterial Cell Envelope

Content: The global architecture of the mycobacterial cell envelope / Mamadou Daffé --
Wall ultrastructure and periplasm / Terry J. Beveridge --
Biosynthesis of the arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Dean C. Crick and Patrick J. Brennan --
A comprehensive overview of mycolic acid structure and biosynthesis / Hedia Marrakchi [and others] --
Cording, cord factors, and trehalose dimycolate / Michael S. Glickman --
Structure, biosynthesis, and activities of phosphatidyl-myo-Inositol-based lipoglycans / Martine Gilleron [and others] --
Antibiotics and new inhibitors of the cell wall / Lynn G. Dover [and others] --
Enigmatic proteins from the surface : the Erp, PE, and PPE protein families / Giovanni Delogu [and others] --
Mycobacterial porins / Michael Niederweis --
Iron uptake in mycobacteria / Luis E.N. Quadri --
The ABC transporter systems / Jean Content and Priska Peirs --
The MmpL protein family / Madhulika Jain, Eric D. Chow, and Jeffery S. Cox --
ESAT-6 and the mycobacterial ESX secretion systems / Ida Rosenkrands [and others] --
Mycobacterial sigma factors and surface biology / Sahadevan Raman [and others]. Biosynthesis of mycobacterial lipids by multifunctional polyketide synthases / Vivek T. Natarajan, Debasisa Mohanty, and Rajesh S. Gokhale --
The constituents of the cell envelope and their impact on the host immune system / Warwick J. Britton and James A. Triccas --
Biosynthesis and roles of phenolic glycolipids and related molecules in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Christophe Guilhot, Christian Chalut, and Mamadou Daffé --
Sulfated metabolites from Mycobacterium tuberculosis : sulfolipid-1 and beyond / Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Michael W. Schelle --
The mycobacterial heparin-binding hemagglutinin : a virulence factor and antigen useful for diagnostics and vaccine development / Camille Locht [and others] --
The role of mycobacterial kinases and phosphatases in growth, pathogenesis, and cell wall metabolism / Anil K. Tyagi, Ramandeep Singh, and Vibha Gupta --
Glycopeptidolipids : a complex pathway for small pleiotropic molecules / Caroline Deshayes [and others] --
The mycolactones : biologically active polyketides produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans and related aquatic mycobacteria / Timothy P. Stinear and Pamela L.C. Small --
Epilogue: The envelope : beyond the veil / Jean-Marc Reyrat and Mamadou Daffé.