Co- and posttranslational protein targeting to the SecYEG translocon in Escherichia coli / Eitan Bibi -- The tat protein export pathway / Tracy Palmer and Ben C. Berks -- Assembly of integral membrane proteins from the periplasm into the outer membrane / Jörg H. Kleinschmidt -- Structure, function and transport of lipoproteins in Escherichia coli / Hajime Tokuda, Shin-Ichi Matsuyama, and Kimie Tanaka-Masuda -- The Cpx envelope stress response / Tracy L. Raivio -- Regulation and function of the envelope stress response controlled byE / Carol A. Gross, Virgil Rhodius, and Irina L. Grigorova -- Disulfide bond formation in the periplasm / Mehmet Berkmnen, Dana Boyd, and Jon Beckwith -- Periplasmic chaperones and peptidyl-prolyl isomerases / Jean-Michel Betton -- Periplasmic proteases and protease inhibitors / Nicolette Kucz, Michael Meltzer, and Michael Ehrmann -- Cell division / S. J. Ryan Arends ... [et al.] -- Structure and biosynthesis of the murein (peptidoglycan) sacculus / Waldemar Vollmer -- Periplasmic events in the assembly of bacterial lipopolysaccharides / Chris Whitfield, Emilisa Frirdich, and Anne N. Reid -- Electron transport activities in the periplasm / Stuart J. Ferguson -- Periplasmic nitrate reduction / Jeff A. Cole -- The biosynthesis of the molybdenum cofactor and its incorporation into molybdoenzymes / Silke Leimkühler -- Transfer of energy and information across the periplasm in iron transport and regulation / Volkmar Braun and Susanne Mahren -- Periplasmic ABC transporters / Elie Dassa -- Antimicrobial and stress resistance / Keith Poole -- Osmoregulation in the periplasm / Jean-Pierre Bohin and Jean-Marie Lacroix -- Practical implications for periplasmic protein accumulation / John C. Joly and Michael W. Laird -- Periplasmic expression of antibody fragments / David P. Humphreys -- Methods for the computational prediction of periplasmic proteins / Jennifer L. Gardy and Fiona S.L. Brinkman