Preface to the Series. Preface. List of Contributors.
1: Origins of Genomics in Nitrogen-Fixation Research; G. Dávila and R. Palacios
1. Introduction
2. Symbiotic Organisms
3. Free-Living Organism
4. Conclusion
References
2: Genomics of Diazotrophic Archaea; J.A. Leigh
1. Introduction
2. The Core nif-gene Cluster
3. Other nif Genes
4. Other Nitrogen Assimilatory Genes
5. PII Proteins
References
3: Genomic Aspects of Nitrogen Fixation in the Clostridia; J.-S. Chen
1. Introduction
2. The Nitrogen-Fixing Clostridia
3. The Genome of the Clostridia
4. Organization of the Nitrogen-Fixation Gene Cluster
5. Regulatory Genes for Nitrogen Metabolism
6. Altenative Nitrogen-Fixation (anf) Genes
7. Genes for Nitrogen Assimilation
8. Concluding Remarks
References
4: The Genome of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme; J.C. Meeks
1. Introduction
2. Phenotypic Traits of N. punctiforme
3. Overview of the N. punctiforme Genome
4. N. punctiforme genes Involved in Heterocyst Formation, Nitrogenase Expression, and Ammonia and Nitrate Assimilation
5. Summary and Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
5: The nif Genes of Rhodobacter capsulatus, Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodopseudomonas palustris; R. Haselkorn and V. Kapatral
1. Introduction
2. Regulation of the Nitrogen-Fixation System
3. Operon Structure and Gene Organization
Acknowledgement
References
6: Genomic Architecture of the Multiple Replicons of the Promiscuous Rhizobium Species NGR234; P. Mavingui, X. Perret and W. J. Broughton
1. Introduction
2. Promiscuity of NGR234
3. Structural Organization of the NGR234 Genome
4. Coding Capacity of eth NGR234 Genome
5. Conclusions and Perspectives
References
7: Facets of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum 110 Genome; M. Göttfert, H. Hennecke
and S. Tabata
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Genome Characteristics
4. Perspectives
References
8: pSymA of Sinorhizobium meliloti: Nitrogen Fixation and More; M.J. Barnett and M.L. Kahn
1. Introduction
2. History
3. The pSymA Sequence Project
4. General Features of pSymA
5. Comparative Genomics
6. Plasmid Biology
7. Elements of External Origin
8. Transfer RNA Genes
9. Nodulation Genes
10. Nitrogen-Fixation Genes
11. Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism
12. Chemotaxis and Pilus Formation
13. Transport
14. Regulation and Signal Transduction
15. Stress Responses
16. Sulfur Metabolism
17. Orphan Genes
18. Genome-Wide Analysis
19. A Strategy for Analyzing pSymA of S. meliloti
References
9: Rhizobium etli Genome Biology; G. Dávila, V. González, M.A. Ramírez-Romero and O. Rodríguez
1. Introduction
2. Rhizobium etli Genome Structure
3. Rhizobium Genome Plasticity
4. Rhizobium etli Taxomony and Evolution
Acknowledgements
References
10: The Dawn of Functional Genomics in Nitrogen-Fixation Research; S. Encarnación
1. Introduction
2. Functional Genomics - The Role of Gene-Expression Studies
3. The Transcriptome
4. Transcriptomics in Nitrogen-Fixation Research
5. Transcriptomics in Plants during Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
6. The Proteome
7. Proteomics and Nitrogen-Fixation Research
8. Proteomics in Plants during Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
9. Proteomics in Concert with Transcriptomics
10. Global Approaches to Study the R. etli-P. vulgaris Interaction
11. Protein-Pr
