Stress genes and proteins in the archaea
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Proteins and stress (heat shock) genes and especially those in the Hsp70 and Hsp60 families, in the archae are discussed. In 1991 the first sequence of a gene encoding the molecular chaperone Hsp70 and the first description of a chaperonin in the archaea were reported. Comparison with knowledge of the bacterial and eukaryotic equivalents is made. Topics dealing with proteins and other molecules that build intercellular connective material to keep cells together in a functional three-dimensional pattern are highlighted. Perspective is historical and terms explained for general audience. The study of archaea contributes to other fields, basic and applied.
Publication Name: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1092-2172
Year: 1999
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Adding the third dimension to virus life cycles: three-dimensional reconstruction of icosahedral viruses from cryo-electron micrographs
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of icosahedral viruses from cryo-electron micrographs is discussed. More than 20 virus families are covered with representative examples illustrating the use of moderate- to low-resolution structural analyses to bring out functional aspects of viral life cycles. The work reviewed serves as a foundation for exploration in the future of the very large number nonspherical/nonsymmetrical viruses and others that are very complex.
Publication Name: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1092-2172
Year: 1999
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Type 1 restriction systems: sophisticated molecular machines (a legacy of Bertani and Weigle)
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The review examines the restriction-modification systems in terms of how microbes distinguish unmodified targets in the resident chromosomal DNA from that of incoming DNA. Data suggest that characterization of wild-type enzymes is facilitated by mutant analysis and of simpler proteins whose structures are already known.
Publication Name: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1092-2172
Year: 2000
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