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Prokaryotic genetics : genome organization, transfer, and plasticity / Francoise Joset, Janine Guespin-Michel, with the collaboration of Leslie O. Butler.

By: Joset, Françoise [author].
Contributor(s): Guespin-Michel, Janine [author] | Butler, L. O [collaborator].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Studies in microbiology: Publisher: Oxford ; London : Blackwell Scientific, 1993Copyright date: ©1993Description: ix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780632027286 (paperback); 0632027282 (paperback).Subject(s): Bacterial genetics | Prokaryotes -- GeneticsDDC classification: 579.3135
Contents:
Part 1: Structure of the genetic material -- The prokaryotes: a brief introduction -- Bacterial chromosomes: Structure and reproduction -- Other autonomously replicating genetic entities: the plasmids -- Further autonomous genetic elements: the bacteriophages -- Transposable elements -- Protection of DNA integrity: DNA methylation and the restriction - modification systems -- Part 2: Modification of the genetic material -- Mutations and mutants -- DNA repair P. MCathey -- Homologous genetic recombination L. O. Butler -- Genetic transfer: Transformation -- Genetic transfer: Conjugation -- Other transfer systems: Natural and artificial -- Genetics with transposons -- Part 3: Genetics as a tool in understanding genetic organization and function -- Construction of genomic maps -- Genetics as a tool in understanding gene expression and its control: the operon model -- Genetics as a tool in unravelling the molecular organization of genetic functions.
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 579.3135 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00009874
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 579.3135 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00018942
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is a comprehensive textbook on the molecular genetics of bacteria and their viruses for second and third-year undergraduates. The text presents the subject in greater depth than the sectional approach used in many texts, and with greater clarity than texts devoted wholly to the subject. The perspective adopted in the text is an evolutionary one, examining bacteria and bacterial parasites as organisms faced with the problems of survival, adaptation and replication. The text proceeds to examine the genetic machinery involved in maintaining such functions, including sections on DNA repair and defence

Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-447) and index.

Part 1: Structure of the genetic material -- The prokaryotes: a brief introduction -- Bacterial chromosomes: Structure and reproduction -- Other autonomously replicating genetic entities: the plasmids -- Further autonomous genetic elements: the bacteriophages -- Transposable elements -- Protection of DNA integrity: DNA methylation and the restriction - modification systems -- Part 2: Modification of the genetic material -- Mutations and mutants -- DNA repair P. MCathey -- Homologous genetic recombination L. O. Butler -- Genetic transfer: Transformation -- Genetic transfer: Conjugation -- Other transfer systems: Natural and artificial -- Genetics with transposons -- Part 3: Genetics as a tool in understanding genetic organization and function -- Construction of genomic maps -- Genetics as a tool in understanding gene expression and its control: the operon model -- Genetics as a tool in unravelling the molecular organization of genetic functions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Structure of the Genetic Material
  • The Prokaryotes: a rapid presentation; Bacterial
  • Chromosomes: structure and function
  • Other Autonomously Replicating Genetic Entities: the plasmids
  • Still Other Autonomous Genetic Elements: the bacteriophages
  • Transposable Elements; Protection of DNA Integrity
  • DNA methylation - the modification/restriction systems
  • Part 2 Modification of the Genetic Material
  • Mutations and Mutants; DNA Repair
  • Homologous Genetic Recombination
  • Genetic Transfer: transformation
  • Genetic Transfer: conjugation
  • Other Transfer Systems: natural and artificial
  • genetics with Transposons
  • Part 3 Genetics as Tools to Understand Genetic Organization and Function
  • Construction of Genetic Maps
  • Genetics as a Tool in Understanding Gene
  • Expression and its Control: the operon model; genetics as a Tool in Unravelling
  • Molecular Organization of Gene Function;
  • Glossary