Overview
- A timely review of the fundamental process of circadian timing in prokaryotes written by experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Since the discovery of circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria in the late 1980s, the field has exploded with new information. The cyanobacterial model system for studying circadian rhythms, "Synechococcus elongatus", has allowed a detailed genetic dissection of the bacterial clock due to the methods currently available in molecular, structural, and evolutionary biology.
This book addresses multiple aspects of bacterial circadian programs: the history and background of the cyanobacteria and circadian rhythms in microorganisms, the molecular basis, structure, and evolution of the circadian clock, entrainment of the oscillator with the environment and the control of downstream processes by the clock, the demonstration of adaptive significance and the prokaryotic clock’s remarkable stability, and mathematical and synthetic oscillator models for clock function.
Experts in the field provide a timely and comprehensive review and a stepping-stone for future work on this amazing group of microorganisms and timing.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bacterial Circadian Programs
Editors: Jayna L. Ditty, Shannon R. Mackey, Carl H. Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88431-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-88430-9Published: 10 February 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10008-6Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-88431-6Published: 01 February 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 333
Topics: Bacteriology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Cell Physiology, Evolutionary Biology, Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics