Front Cover; Advances in Microbial Physiology , Volume 21; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter 1. Transcription in Acellular Slime Moulds; I. Introduction; II. DNA, RNA and RNA polymerases; III. Transcription in the mitotic cycle; IV. Transcription during differentiation; V. Concluding Remarks; VI. Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. Nutrient Transport in Microalgae; I. Introduction; II. The microalgae; III. Membranology and the proticity paradigm; IV. Transport of specific solutes across the algal plasmalemma; V. Conclusions and prospects; VI. Acknowledgements; References
Chapter 3. Bacterial Production of Antibiotic Polypeptides by Thiol-Linked Synthesis on Protein TemplatesI. Introduction; II. Synopsis of the mechanism of biosynthesis of gramicidin S, tyrocidine and linear gramicidin; III. Fractionation of the biosynthetic systems; IV. Isolation of the peptidyl carrier 4'-phosphopantetheine protein; V. Biosynthesis of linear gramicidin; VI. Thioester-linked amino or hydroxy acid activation in some other antibiotic biosyntheses; VII. Acknowledgements; References
Chapter 4. Control of Metabolism in Yeast and other Lower Eukaryotes through Action of ProteinasesI. Introduction; II. The proteolytic system and its cellular localization; III. Control of proteolysis; IV. Metabolic events and proteinase function; V. Concluding remarks; References; Author index; Subject index