Bacterial Signaling

INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATIONIntercellular Communication: IntroductionCell-cell Communication and Biofilm Formation in Gram-positive BacteriaCell-cell Communication in Biofilms of Gram-negative BacteriaCell Interactions Guide the Swarming and Fruiting Body Development of MyxobacteriaCommunication between Rhizobia and PlantsCommunication between Pathogens and Eukaryotic CellsIdentification of Bacterial Autoinducers (Methods Chapter)TRANSMEMBRANE SIGNALINGTransmembrane Signaling: IntroductionOuter Membrane Signaling in Gram-negative BacteriaStimulus Perception and Signaling by Histidine KinasesChemotaxis and Receptor LocalizationPhotoreception and Signal TransductionTransmembrane SignalingSensory Transport ProteinsRegulated Intramembrane Proteolysis in Bacterial Transmembrane SignalingProtein Chemical and EPR Spectroscopic Approaches to Monitor Membrane Protein Structure and Dynamics (Methods Chapter)INTRACELLULAR SIGNALINGIntracellular Signaling: IntroductionProtein Domains Involved in Intracellular Signal Transduction Sensing of Oxygen by BacteriaMicrobial Sensor Systems for Dihydrogen, Nitric Oxide, and Carbon-monoxideSignal Transduction by Trigger Enzymes: Bifunctional Enzymes and Transporters Controlling Gene ExpressionRegulation of Carbohydrate Utilization by Phosphotransferase System-Mediated Protein PhosphorylationCyclic AMP Signaling in ProkaryotesCyclic-di-GMP SignalingppGpp SignalingSensory RNAsSignal Transduction by Serine/Threonine Protein Kinases in BacteriaRegulated Proteolysis and Signal Transduction in BacteriaIntracellular Signaling and Gene Target Analysis (Methods Chapter)

Reinhard Krämer is chair in Biochemistry at Cologne University, Germany. After studying Biochemistry at the Universities of Tübingen and Munich, he obtained his Ph.D. from LMU Munich. He then spent 10 years at the Research Center Jülich (Institute of Biotechnology) and the University of Düsseldorf as an Associate Professor for Biochemistry before taking up his present position at Cologne University. During his scientific career, R. Krämer has focused on different aspects of membrane transport proteins, both in mitochondria and in prokaryotes, as well as on stress response in bacteria, in particular osmotic stress.Kirsten Jung studied biochemistry and performed her doctoral thesis at the University of Leipzig in 1988. After postdoctoral studies at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, she continued her research at the University of Osnabrück. In 2002 she was appointed as Associate Professor for Microbiology at the Technical University of Darmstadt, and in 2004 she became Full Professor and Chair for Microbiology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. Research of Kirsten Jung is focused on the molecular mechanisms of stimulus perception by sensor kinases involved in environmental stress response.