Biochemistry and molecular biology are among the most rapidly emerging areas in the life sciences. Indeed, a number of important advances have been made with fungi and yeasts since the first edition of this volume was published in 1996. Still further, the influence that genomics projects have had on the design and interpretation of experiments in almost all areas is truly impressive. The availability of large amounts of sequence data has quickly altered the scope and dimensions of genetics and biochemistry, leading to new insights into fungal biology.

Earlier chapters on mitochondrial import of proteins, pH and regulation of gene expression, stress responses, signal transduction, polysaccharidases, trehalose metabolisms, polyamines, carbon metabolism, and acetamide metabolism have been extensively revised or rewritten. Completely new chapters have been prepared on gene ontogeny, peroxisomes, mitochondrial gene expression, chitin biosynthesis, iron metabolism, GATA transcription factors, carbon metabolism, and sulfur metabolism.

1 Molecular Genetics of Iron Uptake and Homeostasis in Fungi

2 Import of Proteins into Mitochondria
3 Gene Ontology for Filamentous Fungi
4 Peroxisomes
5 GATA-Factor-Mediated Transcription and Tor1/2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from a Physiological Perspective
6 Multiple Fungal GATA Transcription Factors and Combinatorial Gene Regulation
7 Regulation of Gene Expression by Ambient pH
8 Regulation of Mitochondrial Gene Expression
9 Heat Shock Proteins and the Stress Response
10 Signal Transduction Pathways Mediated by Heterotrimeric G Proteins
11 Genetics and Molecular Biology of Circadian Rhythms
12 Polysaccharidases
13 Enzymology and Molecular Biology of Lignin Degradation
14 Chitin Biosynthesis and Morphogenetic Processes
15 Trehalose Metabolism: Enzymatic Pathways and Physiological Functions
16 Polyamines in Fungi
17 Nitrogen Regulation in Mycelial Fungi
18 Regulation of Sulfur Metabolism in Mycelial Fungi
19 The Regulation of Carbon Metabolism in Filamentous Fungi
20 The Onset of Carbon Catabolite Repression and Interplay Between Specific Induction and Carbon Catabolite Repression in Aspergillus nidulans
21 Regulation of the amdS Gene in Aspergillus nidulans
Biosystematic Index.