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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464953203321

Titolo

The cell biology of cyanobacteria / / edited by Enrique Flores and Antonia Herrero, Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosintesis CSIC and Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Norfolk, England : , : Caister Academic Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-908230-92-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

579.39

Soggetti

Cyanobacteria - Molecular aspects

Cyanobacteria - Cytology

Cyanobacteria - Physiology

Cyanobacteria

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors ; Current books of interest; Preface; 1: A Brief History of Cyanobacterial Research: Past, Present, and Future Prospects; 2: Cell Division in Cyanobacteria; Introduction; Peptidoglycan synthesis and hydrolysis; The cytoskeleton and peptidoglycan synthesis; Identification and analysis of cyanobacterial cell division proteins that are not present in E. coli and B. subtilis; Cyanobacteria-derived components of the chloroplast division machinery; Concluding remarks; 3: The Cell Envelope; The structural properties of the cell envelope

The outermost layer of the cyanobacterial cell wallThe lipid composition of cyanobacterial membranes; The protein composition of the cyanobacterial cell envelope; Concluding remarks; 4: Proteomics in Revealing the Composition, Acclimation and Biogenesis of Thylakoid Membranes; Introduction; Membrane organization in cyanobacteria; Challenges in proteomic analysis of thylakoids; Proteomic investigations of thylakoid proteins; Proteomics of thylakoid protein complexes; Quantitative proteomics: response of the thylakoid



membrane proteome to changes in environmental conditions

Biogenesis of the thylakoid membrane and protein complexesFuture perspectives; 5: Protein Targeting, Transport and Translocation in Cyanobacteria; Subcellular organization of cyanobacterial cells - the sorting problem; How to establish protein heterogeneity in cyanobacteria?; Protein translocation and membrane integration in bacteria and chloroplasts - a brief overview; Protein translocation systems in cyanobacteria: a genetic perspective; Protein translocation systems in cyanobacteria: subcellular localization of translocases and integrases; Targeting signals

Interactions with soluble factors and targeting proteinsType I signal peptidases; Proteins involved in membrane formation; Transient and/or permanent membrane connections: thylakoid centre and PratA-defined membranes; Models of protein targeting and translocation in cyanobacteria; Epilogue: a heterogenic protein distribution in cyanobacterial subcompartments?; 6: Chromatic Acclimation: a Many-coloured Mechanism for Maximizing Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Efficiency; Introduction; Studies delineating the variation in the types of CA; Cyanobacterial phycobilisomes

Physiology and regulation of CA3Physiology and regulation of CA2; Physiology and regulation of CA4; Conclusions and future studies; 7: The Carboxysome: Function, Structure and Cellular Dynamics; Introduction; Carboxysome function; Structural and catalytic elements of the carboxysome; Cellular organization and dynamics of carboxysomes; Conclusions and future directions; 8: Glycogen, a Dynamic Cellular Sink and Reservoir for Carbon; Introduction; Structures of glycogen and starch-like reserves in cyanobacteria; Enzymology of glycogen metabolism in cyanobacteria

Regulation of cyanobacterial glycogen metabolism

Sommario/riassunto

The cyanobacteria are a fascinating group of bacteria that have adapted to colonize almost every environment on the planet. They are the only prokaryotes capable of oxygenic photosynthesis, responsible for up to 20-30% of Earth's photosynthetic productivity. They can attune their light-harvesting systems to changes in available light conditions, fix nitrogen, and have circadian rhythms. In addition, many cyanobacteria species exhibit gliding mobility and can differentiate into specialized cell types called heterocysts, and some are symbiotic. Thanks to their simple nutritional requirements, th



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455593403321

Autore

Gold Barri J. <1966->

Titolo

Thermopoetics [[electronic resource] ] : energy in Victorian literature and science / / Barri J. Gold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010

ISBN

0-262-28826-5

0-262-28827-3

1-282-54192-7

9786612541926

0-262-27400-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Disciplina

820/.9/356

Soggetti

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Physics in literature

Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

An engaging exploration of the mutually productive interaction of literature and energy science in the Victorian era, as seen in Tennyson, Dickens, Stoker, and others. In ThermoPoetics, Barri Gold sets out to show us how analogous, intertwined, and mutually productive poetry and physics may be. Charting the simultaneous emergence of the laws of thermodynamics in literature and in physics that began in the 1830's, Gold finds that not only can science influence literature, but literature can influence science, especially in the early stages of intellectual development. Nineteenth-century physics was often conducted in words. And, Gold claims, a poet could be a genius in thermodynamics and a novelist could be a damn good engineer. Gold's lively readings of works by Alfred Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Herbert Spencer, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, and others offer a decidedly literary introduction to such elements of thermodynamic thought as



conservation and dissipation, the linguistic tension between force and energy, the quest for a grand unified theory, strategies for coping within an inexorably entropic universe, and the demonic potential of the thermodynamically savvy individual. Gold shows us that in A Tale of Two Cities, for example, Dickens produces order in spite of the universal drive to entropy; Wilde's Dorian Gray and Stoker's Dracula, on the other hand, reveal the creative potential of chaos. Victorian literature embraced the language and ideas of energy physics to address the era's concerns about religion, evolution, race, class, empire, gender, and sexuality. Gold argues that these concerns, in turn, shaped the hopes and fears expressed about the new physics.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910712409203321

Titolo

Audit of NRC's task interface agreement process

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C, : Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia