Microbial genomes /

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Imprint:Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2004.
Description:xv, 536 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Infectious disease
Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5173929
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Other authors / contributors:Fraser, Claire M.
Read, Timothy D.
Nelson, Karen E.
ISBN:1588291898 (alk. paper)
1592597564 (E-ISBN)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. History of Microbial Genomics
  • Part II. Bioinformatics As a Tool in Genomics
  • 2. Tools for Gene Finding and Whole Genome Comparison
  • 3. Bacterial Genome Annotation at TIGR
  • 4. Bioinformatics and Microbial Pathogenesis
  • 5. Bacteriophage Bioinformatics
  • Part III. Core Functions
  • 6. Comparative Microbial Metabolism
  • 7. Genomic Analysis of Membrane Transport
  • 8. Genomics-Based Analysis of the Bacterial Cell Cycle
  • Part IV. The Evolution of Microbial Genomes
  • 9. A Brief History of Views of Prokaryotic Evolution and Taxonomy
  • 10. How Bacterial Genomes Change
  • 11. Concepts of Bacterial Biodiversity for the Age of Genomics
  • 12. Coevolution of Symbionts and Pathogens With Their Hosts
  • Part V. A Survey of Microbial Genomes
  • 13. A Survey of Plant Pathogen Genomes
  • 14. Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
  • 15. Genomics of Thermophiles
  • 16. The Genomes of Pathogenic Enterobacteria
  • 17. Obligate Intracellular Pathogens
  • 18. Low G+C Gram-Positive Genomes
  • 19. Genomics of Actinobacteria, the High G+C Gram-Positive Bacteria
  • 20. Parasite Genomics
  • 21. Genome Sequence of an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon
  • Part VI. Applications of Genomic Data
  • 22. Microarrays, Expression Analysis, and Bacterial Genomes
  • 23. Microbial Population Genomics and Ecology: A New Frontier
  • 24. Application of Genomics to Biocatalysis and Biodegradation
  • 25. Enzyme Discovery and Microbial Genomics
  • 26. Integration of Genomics in the Drug Discovery Process
  • 27. A Genomic Approach to Vaccine Development
  • 28. Microbial Proteomics
  • Index