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- catalog abstract "The bacterium Escherichia coli – E. coli for short – has long been the organism of choice for unraveling biochemical pathways, deciphering the genetic code, learning how DNA is replicated and read, and even for manufacturing proteins of commercial interest. For some thirty years, it also has been a model for studying the molecular biology of behavior. E. coli swims in a purposeful manner, propelled by long thin helical filaments, each driven at its base by a reversible rotary engine. As a microscopic organism immersed in an aqueous environment, it has mastered physical constraints utterly different from any that we know, devising sensors, comparators, and motors on the nanometer scale. This cross-disciplinary monograph describes these feats in a manner accessible to scientists, engineers, and others not trained in microbiology who would like to learn more about living machines. It treats the history of the subject, the physiology, physics, biochemistry and genetics, largely from first principles. It is all about a small but remarkably sophisticated friend who lives in your gut. Topics discussed include: How does E. coli move about? How do cells decide whether life is getting better or worse? What is the machinery that makes this behavior possible? How is the construction of this machinery programmed? How does this machinery work? What remains to be discovered?".
- catalog contributor b13101958.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The bacterium Escherichia coli – E. coli for short – has long been the organism of choice for unraveling biochemical pathways, deciphering the genetic code, learning how DNA is replicated and read, and even for manufacturing proteins of commercial interest. For some thirty years, it also has been a model for studying the molecular biology of behavior. E. coli swims in a purposeful manner, propelled by long thin helical filaments, each driven at its base by a reversible rotary engine. As a microscopic organism immersed in an aqueous environment, it has mastered physical constraints utterly different from any that we know, devising sensors, comparators, and motors on the nanometer scale. This cross-disciplinary monograph describes these feats in a manner accessible to scientists, engineers, and others not trained in microbiology who would like to learn more about living machines. It treats the history of the subject, the physiology, physics, biochemistry and genetics, largely from first principles. It is all about a small but remarkably sophisticated friend who lives in your gut. Topics discussed include: How does E. coli move about? How do cells decide whether life is getting better or worse? What is the machinery that makes this behavior possible? How is the construction of this machinery programmed? How does this machinery work? What remains to be discovered?".
- catalog description "Why E.coli?- Larger Organisms -- Cell Populations -- Individual Cells -- Flagellar Motion -- Physical Constraints -- Optimal Control -- Cellular Hardware -- Behavioral Hardware -- Gene Regulation -- Gain Paradox -- Rotary Motor -- Epilogue -- Appendix A Parts List (Chemoreception, Signal Processing, Motor, Gene Regulation).".
- catalog extent "xi, 133 p., [1] p. of col. plate :".
- catalog identifier "0387008888 (hc. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Biological and medical physics series".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Springer,".
- catalog subject "2003 N-306".
- catalog subject "579.3/42 21".
- catalog subject "Biomedical engineering.".
- catalog subject "Escherichia coli pathogenicity.".
- catalog subject "Escherichia coli.".
- catalog subject "Medicine.".
- catalog subject "Microbiology.".
- catalog subject "Microorganisms Motility.".
- catalog subject "Physics.".
- catalog subject "QR82.E6 B47 2004".
- catalog subject "QW 138.5.E8 B493e 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Why E.coli?- Larger Organisms -- Cell Populations -- Individual Cells -- Flagellar Motion -- Physical Constraints -- Optimal Control -- Cellular Hardware -- Behavioral Hardware -- Gene Regulation -- Gain Paradox -- Rotary Motor -- Epilogue -- Appendix A Parts List (Chemoreception, Signal Processing, Motor, Gene Regulation).".
- catalog title "E. coli in motion / Howard C. Berg.".
- catalog type "text".