Table of Contents
1. The Archaea: an Invitation to Evolution, Carl R. Woese2.
2. General Characteristics and Important Model Organisms, Arnulf Kletzin
3. DNA Replication and Cell Cycle, Si-houy Lao-Sirieix, Victoria L. Marsh, and Stephen D. Bell
4. DNA Binding Proteins and Chromatin, Rachel Samson and John N. Reeve
5. Mechanisms of Genome Stability and Evolution, Dennis W. Grogan
6. Transcription: Mechanism and Regulation, Michael Thomm
7. RNA Processing, Gabriele Klug, Elena Evguenieva-Hackenberg, Arina D. Omer, Patrick P. Dennis, and Anita Marchfelder
8. Translation, Paola Londei
9. Unique Features of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis, Carla Polycarpo, Kelly Sheppard, Lennart Randau, Alexandre Ambrogelly, Alexander Cardoso, Shuya Fukai, Stephanie Herring, Michael Hohn, Yuko Nakamura, Hiroyuki Oshikane, Sotiria Palioura, Juan Carlos Salazar, Jing Yuan, Osamu Nureki, and Dieter Söll
10. Protein Folding Systems, Frank T. Robb, Ryo Izuka, and Masafumi Yohda
11. Sensing, Signal Transduction, and Post-translational Modification, Peter J. Kennelly
12. Central Metabolism, Michael J. Danson, Henry J. Lamble, and David W. Hough
13. Methanogenesis, James G. Ferry and Kyle A. Kastead
14. Proteinaceous Surface Layers: Ultrastructure and Biochemistry, Helmut König, Reinhard Rachel, and Harald Claus
15. Lipids: Biosynthesis, Function, and Evolution, Yan Boucher
16. Solute Transport, Sonja V. Albers, Wil N. Konings, and Arnold J. M. Driessen
17. Protein Translocation into and across Archaeal Cytoplasmic Membranes, Mechthild Pohlschröder and Kieran C. Dilks
18. Flagellation and Chemotaxis, Ken F. Jarrell, Sandy Y. M. Ng, and Bonnie Chaban
19. Structure and Evolution of Genomes, Patrick Forterre, Yvan Zivanovic, and Simonetta Gribaldo
20. Functional Genomics, Francis E. Jenney, Jr., Sabrina Tachdjian, Chung-Jung Chou, Robert M. Kelly, and Michael W. W. Adams
21. Molecular Genetics, Kevin Sowers and Kimberly Anderson
22. Biotechnology, Marco Moracci, Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano, Giuseppe Perugino, and Mosè Rossi
23. Archaeosome Vaccines, G. Dennis Sprott and Lakshmi Krishnan