InhaltsangabeI. Bacterial growth.- II. The outer membrane of Gramnegative bacteria and the cytoplasmic membrane.- III. Peptidoglycan synthesis.- IV. Cellular permeability.- V. Allosteric enzymes.- VI. Glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and glycogen synthesis.- VII. The pentose phosphate and Entner-Doudoroff pathways.- VIII. The tricarboxylic acid cycle and the glyoxylate bypass.- IX. Biosynthesis of lipids.- X. The Archaea.- XI. Methanogens and methylotrophs.- XII. Enzyme induction in catabolic systems.- XIII. Transcription. RNA polymerase.- XIV. Negative regulation.- XV. Enzyme repression in anabolic pathways.- XVI. Positive regulation.- XVII. The ribosomes.- XVIII. The genetic code, the transfer RNAs and the aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetases.- XIX. Attenuation.- XX. The biological fixation of nitrogen.- XXI. How biosynthetic pathways have been established.- XXII. The aspartic acid family of amino acids. Biosynthesis.- XXIII. Regulation of the biosynthe sis of the amino acids of the aspartic acid family in Enterobacteriaceae.- XXIV. Other patterns of regulation of the synthesis of amino acids of the aspartate family.- XXV. Biosynthesis of the amino acids of the glutamic acid family and its regulation.- XXVI. Biosynthesis of amino acids derived from phosphoglyceric acid and pyruvic acid.- XXVII. Selenocysteine and selenoproteins.- XXVIII. Biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and its regulation.- XXIX. The biosynthesis of histidine and its regulation.- XXX. The biosynthesis of nucleotides.- XXXI. The biosynthesis of deoxyribonucleotides.- XXXII. Biosynthesis of some watersoluble vitamins and of their coenzyme forms.- XXXIII. Biosynthesis of carotene, vitamin A, sterols, ubiquinones and menaquinones.- XXXIV. Biosynthesis of the tetrapyrrole ring system.- XXXV. Biosynthesis of cobalamins including vitamin B12.- XXXVI. Interactions between proteins and DNA.- XXXVII. Evolution of biosynthetic pathways.- Abbreviations.