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Synopsis
The classic comprehensive and authoritative textbook on bacterial molecular genetics.• Features completely revised and updated material and new chapters, incorporating the most recent advances in the field since publication of the third edition in 2007.
• Provides thought questions, problems, and suggested reading lists for each chapter that test student comprehension and encourage further research.
• Provides descriptive background information, detailed experimental methods, examples of genetic analyses, and advanced material relevant to current applications of molecular genetics.
• Serves as an invaluable text for anyone working in the fields of microbiology, genetics, biochemistry, bioengineering, medicine, molecular biology, and biotechnology. It is also essential reading for scientists in all fields of biology, many of whom depend upon the concepts and techniques covered in this book.
2013. 750 pages (EST), full-color illustrations, index.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Bacterial Chromosome: DNA Structure, Replication, and Segregation
CHAPTER 2
Bacterial Gene Expression: Transcription, Translation, and Protein Folding
CHAPTER 3
Bacterial Genetic Analysis: Fundamentals and Current Approaches
CHAPTER 4
Plasmids
CHAPTER 5
Conjugation
CHAPTER 6
Transformation
CHAPTER 7
Bacteriophages: Lytic Development, Genetics, and Generalized Transduction
CHAPTER 8
Lysogeny: the lambda Paradigm and the Role of Lysogenic Conversion in Bacterial Pathogenesis
CHAPTER 9
Transposition, Site-Specific Recombination, and Families of Recombinases
CHAPTER 10
Molecular Mechanisms of Homologous Recombination
CHAPTER 11
DNA Repair and Mutagenesis
CHAPTER 12
Regulation of Gene Expression: Genes and Operons
CHAPTER 13
Global Regulation: Regulons and Stimulons
CHAPTER 14
Bacterial Cell Biology and Development
Answers to Questions for Thought and Problems
Glossary
Figure and Table Credits
Index
Book Details
Published
December 1, 2012
Publisher
Wiley Global Research (STMS)
Pages
707
ISBN
9781555817169