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Coverage is not intended to be comprehensive; instead, selected well-defined systems serve as paradigms, along with some complex systems that are in the early phases of being investigated. Contributing authors were encouraged to incorporate their special perspectives rather than simply emphasize the latest findings; in addition, they were urged to highlight some of the experimental strategies employed in their fields, as well as their individual research styles. Twenty- five contributions discuss such topics as: transcription termination and its control; control by antisense RNA; history of the pho system; the FNR modulon and FNR-regulated gene expression; and heat shock regulation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

1. Introduction: From Physiology to DNA and Back.- 2. RNA Chain Initiation and Promoter Escape by RNA Polymerase.- Promoter Function is Regulated at Two Distinct Phases of Transcription: Promoter Binding and RNA Chain Initiation.- The Biochemistry of the RNA Chain Initiation Phase of Transcription.- Parameters That Describe the RNA Chain Initiation Reaction at Different Promoters.- Factors That Affect the Initiation Reaction: Intrinsic Factors.- Factors That Affect the Initiation Reaction: Extrinsic Factors.- Models for the Mechanism of RNA Chain Initiation: Some Simple Models Do Not Account for What Is Known.- Models for the Mechanism of RNA Chain Initiation-Models Based on Recent Models for RNA Chain Elongation.- 3. Transcription Termination and Its Control.- Termination.- Antitermination.- 4. Codon Context, Translational Step-Times and Attenuation.- Overview.- Attenuation.- Codon Context and Translational Efficiency.- Effects of Codon Pair Bias on Translational Step-Times.- Discussion.- 5. Control by Antisense RNA.- Antisense RNAs Control Diverse Biological Functions.- Antisense RNAs Control Gene Expression at Many Different Post-Transcriptional Levels.- Antisense RNAs Pair to Their Target RNAs by Defined Mechanisms.- Overview.- 6. Translational Control of Gene Expression in E. Coli and Bacteriophage.- Translation Initiation.- Translational Operators.- Translational Repressors.- Mechanisms of Control.- Translational Control and mRNA Processing and/or Degradation.- The Role of Translational Control in Growth Rate Regulation.- Conclusions and Perspectives.- 7. Effects of DNA Supercoiling on Gene Expression.- Synopsis.- The Dependence of Transcription on the Cellular Level of DNA Gyrase and DNA Topoisomerase I.- Mechanistic Considerations.- Supercoiling of the DNA Template by Transcription.- Concluding Remarks.- 8. The HU and IHF Proteins: Accessory Factors for Complex Protein-DNA Assemblies.- Perspective.- Structure.- Interaction with Nucleic Acids.- Control of Intracellular Concentration and Activity.- Participation of IHF and HU in Well-Characterized Biochemical Processes.- Unfinished Business.- 9. The lac and gal Operons Today.- The lac and gal Operons Encode Enzymes of a Continuous Biochemical Pathway.- The Regulatory Circuits and Their Components.- Modulation of Promoters by cAMP•CRP.- Control of P2 by UTP in gal.- Natural Polarity.- Negative Control by Repressor-Operator Interactions.- Epilogue.- 10. The Maltose System.- and Scope.- The Positive Transcriptional Activator MalT.- The Maltose/Maltodextrin Transport System.- The Enzymes of the Maltose System.- Nonclassical Regulatory Phenomena.- Perspectives.- 11. The Phosphoenolpyruvate-Dependent Carbohydrate: Phosphotransferase System (PTS) and Control of Carbon Source Utilization.- Regulatory Phenomena Related to Carbon Source Utilization.- Bacterial Transport Systems and Global Regulatory Networks Form a Unit.- The Bacterial PTS Is a Transport and Signal Transduction System.- IIAGlc of the PTS Is Central to Carbon Catabolite Repression.- IIAGlc, the Regulation of Adenylate Cyclase Activity and of Intracellular cAMP Levels.- Not Only cAMP Levels, but Also CRP Levels Are Essential in Catabolite Repression.- IIAGlc and Inducer Exclusion.- Catabolite Repression and Inducer Exclusion Act in Concert.- Carbon Catabolite Repression through PTS-Control Is Part of a Stimulon.- Concluding Remarks.- 12. The Cap Modulon.- The Long History of CAP.- Cyclic AMP and Gene Expression.- CAP as a Global Regulator: The CAP Modulon.- CAP Binding at Target Promoters and Structural Studies.- Activation by CAP at “Simple” Promoters.- Activation by CAP at Complex Promoters.- CAP as a Repressor and a Co-Repressor.- CAP: Paradigm or Artifact?.- 13. Regulation of Nitrogen Assimilation.- The glnALG(glnA ntrBC) Operon.- The ?54-Dependent Promoter.- Transcriptional Enhancers.- Phosphorylation of NRI.- NRI/NRII as Two-Component Paradigm.- Activation of Transcription.- Response to Nitrogen Availability.- 14. History of the Pho System.- 15. Are the Multiple Signal Transduction Pathways of the Pho Regulon Due to Cross Talk or Cross Regulation?.- Genes for Pi Control of the Pho Regulon.- Transmembrane Signaling by Environmental Pi.- Genes for Pi Independent Controls of the Pho Regulon.- Activation by CreC and Acetyl Phosphate.- Cross Talk, Cross Regulation and a Hypothesis.- Is There Evidence for Cross Regulation?.- Overview and Prospects for Future Studies.- 16. The FNR Modulon and FNR-Regulated Gene Expression.- The Metabolic Arena.- The FNR Modulon.- The FNR Protein and Relationships with CAP.- The DNA-Binding Specificity of FNR.- In Vitro Transcription Activation and Repression.- Transcriptional Organization of Representative Promoters.- Potential FNR Contacts with RNA Polymerase and DNA-Bending.- The Mystery of Redox-Sensing.- Structural and Functional Homologs of FNR.- Concluding Remarks.- 17. The NAR Modulon Systems: Nitrate and Nitrite Regulation of Anaerobic Gene Expression.- Anaerobic Respiration.- The Characterization of the Nar Regulatory System.- Dual Two-Component Regulatory Systems.- The Role of Nitrite in the Nar Regulatory System.- The Sensor Proteins.- The Response Regulators.- Indirect Nitrate Regulation of Gene Expression.- Concluding Remarks.- 18. Regulation of Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism by the Arc System.- Identification of the arc Genes.- In Vivo Studies of arc Mutants.- In Vitro Phosphorylation Studies.- The Arc Modulon.- ArcA DNA Binding.- The Arc Stimulus.- Future Studies.- 19. The Porin Regulon: A Paradigm for the Two-Component Regulatory Systems.- Background.- The History of Porin Regulation.- The Structure of the ompB Locus.- The Structure of the ompF and ompC Genes.- The Roles of OmpR and EnvZ.- Phosphorylation and Signal Transduction.- Summary and Conclusions.- 20. The Leucine\Lrp Regulon.- The Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein.- Regulation of Lrp Synthesis.- Target Operons of Lrp and Mutant Phenotypes.- Lrp as a Chromosome Organizer.- Molecular Aspects of Lrp Interactions at Individual Promoters.- 21. Adaptive responses to Oxidative Stress: The soxRS and oxyR Regulons.- Reactive Oxygen Species.- Antioxidant Defenses.- Oxidative Stress.- Global Responses to Oxidative Stress.- The soxRS Regulon.- The oxyR Regulon.- Control of Antibiotic Resistance Genes.- 22. The SOS Regulatory System.- and Current Regulatory Model.- Development of the SOS Model.- Recent Developments.- Behavior of the SOS Gene Regulatory Circuitry.- Future Prospects.- 23. Heat Shock Regulation.- Properties of Important Heat Shock Proteins.- Regulation of the ?32-Promoted Heat Shock Response.- A Second Heat Shock Regulon.- The ?54-Promoted Stress Response.- Heat Shock or Stress Responses in Other Eubacteria.- 24. Roles for Energy-Dependent Proteases in Regulatory Cascades.- The Proteases and Their Targets.- Summary and General Conclusions.- 25. Control of rRNA and Ribosome Synthesis.- rRNA Gene Organization.- High Activity of rRNA Synthesis Rates.- Stringent Control.- Growth Rate Dependent Control.- Additional Considerations.- Conclusion and Future Prospects.- 26. Cell Division.- The Cell Division Process.- Essential Cell Division Genes.- Transcriptional Regulation of Cell Division Genes.- Translational Control.- Division Inhibitors.- Cell Division Inhibition by Mutations in Genes That Do Not Code for Cell Division Proteins.- Past, Present and Future.- 27. Regulation of Gene Expression in Stationary Phase.- The ?s Regulon.- RpoS Regulation.