The use of DNA arrays and proteomics will transform the scale of our ability to
describe the patterns of gene expression as bacteria respond to their
environments. However, the ability to control bacteria in a clinical context or
exploit them in industrial or environmental contexts also depends on
understanding the regulatory mechanisms which connect input experience to output
response at the genetic level. This book deals with our current knowledge of the
circuits and networks that govern bacterial gene expression--from the single
gene to the whole genome--and which provide the framework for explaining the
data from the post genomics revolution.