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4.0 Synthesis of Polymers and Assembly

       
4.0 Synthesis of Polymers and Assembly
   
4.1 Overview
   
4.2 Protein Synthesis
   
4.2.1 Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases in the Bacterial World
   
4.2.2 Translation Initiation
   
4.2.3 Translation Elongation
   
4.2.4 Translation Termination
   
4.2.5 Bacterial and Phage Recoding: Programmed Frameshifting, Bypassing, and Redefinition Including Readthrough
   
4.3 Protein Secretion and Targeting
   
4.3.1 The Roles of the Sec Pathway and YidC in the Assembly of Inner Membrane Proteins
   
4.3.2 The Tat Protein Export Pathway
   
4.3.3 TolC-Dependent Machineries for (Type I) Export and Efflux
   
4.3.4 Type II Secretion in Escherichia coli
   
4.3.5 Type III Secretion Systems
   
4.3.6 Type V Secretion: the Autotransporter and Two-Partner Secretion Pathways
   
4.3.7 Biogenesis and Membrane Targeting of Lipoproteins
   
4.3.8 Assembly of Outer Membrane β-Barrel Proteins: the Bam Complex
   
4.4 DNA Synthesis and Processing
   
4.4.1 Initiation of DNA Replication
   
4.4.2 Replisome Dynamics during Chromosome Duplication
   
4.4.3 Replication Restart Mechanisms
   
4.4.4 Termination of Replication
   
4.4.5 DNA Methylation
   
4.4.6 Restriction Systems
   
4.4.7 The DNA Exonucleases of Escherichia coli
   
4.4.8 DNA Helicases
   
4.4.9 DNA Topoisomerases
   
4.5 RNA Synthesis
   
4.5.1 Transcription: Structure of RNA Polymerase
   
4.5.2 Transcription: Mechanisms
   
4.5.2.1 Initiation
   
4.5.2.2 Promoter Escape by Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase
   
4.5.2.3 Elongation
   
4.5.2.4 Termination
   
4.5.2.5 Motor Properties
   
4.5.3 Transcription: Effectors
   
4.5.3.1 Nus Factors of Escherichia coli
   
4.5.3.2 Sigma Factors: Mechanisms
   
4.5.3.3 Sigma Factors: Competition
   
4.5.3.4 Gre Factors
   
4.5.3.5 [Section Editor, Irina Artsimovitch]
   
4.6 RNA Processing
   
4.6.1 Modified Nucleosides of Escherichia coli Ribosomal RNA
   
4.6.2 Transfer RNA Modification
   
4.6.3 Exoribonucleases and Endoribonucleases
   
4.6.4 Messenger RNA Decay
   
4.7 Synthesis of Complex Polymers (Murein, Capsules, LPS, Glycogen, Polyphosphate)
   
4.7.1 Murein Synthesis
   
4.7.1.1 Mur Pathway
   
4.7.1.2 Translocase, Transferase, Transglycosylase
   
4.7.1.3 Genetics of PBPs
   
4.7.1.4 Transpeptidation
   
4.7.1.5 Peptidoglycan Recycling
   
4.7.1.6 Small Molecule Inhibitors
   
4.7.1.7 Undecaprenyl Phosphate Synthesis
   
4.7.2 LPS Synthesis
   
4.7.2.1 Lipid A
   
4.7.2.2 LPS Core and LPS Translocation
   
4.7.2.3 O-Antigen
   
4.7.3 Structure and Assembly of Escherichia coli Capsules
   
4.7.4 Glycogen: Biosynthesis and Regulation
   
4.7.5 Polyphosphates
   
4.8 Assembly of Appendages
   
       
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