Molecules in Time and Space: Bacterial Shape, Division and Phylogeny

1. The Phylogeny of Bacterial Shape; J. Siefert. 2. Membranes and Prebiotic Evolution: Compartments, Spatial Isolation and the Origin Of Life; E. Silva, A. Lazcano. 3. Topological Domains in the Cell Wall of Escherichia coli; M.A. de Pedro. 4. Models for Pattern Formation in Bacteria Applied to Bacterial Morphogenesis; H. Meinhardt. 5. The Assembly of Proteins at the Cell Division Site; W. Margolin. 6. Regulation and Utilization of Cell Division for Bacterial Cell Differentiation; J. Wagner, Y. Brun. 7. FtsZ Folding, Self-association, Activation and Assembly; J.M. Andreu, M.A. Oliv, S. Huecas. 8. Sequence and Structural Alignments of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cytoskeletal Proteins; E. López-Viñas, P. Gómez-Puertas. 9. Bacterial Morphogenes; J. Mingorance, A. Rico, P. Gómez-Puertas. 10. Genome Structures, Operating Systems and the Image of the Machine; A. Danchin, S. Noria. 11. Gene Order in Prokaryotes: Conservation and Implications; M.J. Gómez, I. Cases, A. Valencia. 12. How Similar Cell Division Genes are Located and Behave in Different Bacteria; M. Vicente, J. Alvarez, R. Martínez-Arteaga. 13. The Bacterial dcw Gene Cluster: an Island in the Genome? J. Mingorance, J. Tamames. Index.