Myxobacteria II

Brings the reader up to date on the various aspects of myxobacterial biology, development, and social behavior. Reviews cell-cell signaling, the cell surface, protein kinase cascades, the nature of the genome, genetic approaches, developmental autolysis, protein export, myxospore and fruiting body morphogenesis, production of bioactive secondary metabolites, genetics and physiology of carotenoid synthesis, retrons, motility and tactic behavior, and transcriptional regulation of development.

Preface;oland Thaxter and the Myxobacteria;iology of the Myxobacteria: Distribution and Taxonomy;ell Surfaces and Appendages;he Myxobacterial Genome;etron Elements of the Myxobacteria;enetic Approaches for Analysis of Myxobacterial Behavior;enetics of Regulation and the Pathway of Synthesis of Carotenoids;ranscriptional Regulation of Developmental Gene Expression in Myxococcus xanthus;evelopmental-specific Gene Expression: Protein Serine/Threonine Kinases and Sigma Factors;evelopmental Lysis and Autocides;rotein Secretion in Myxobacteria;ntercellular Signaling;otility and Tactic Behavior of Myxococcus xanthus;Myxospore and Fruiting Body Morphogenesis;tigmatella aurantiaca: An Organism for Studying the Genetic Determination of Morphogenesis;roduction of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites by Myxobacteria