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Modern Microbial Genetics, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-471-38665-0
Hardcover
672 pages
February 2002
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Preface.

Preface to the First Edition.

Introduction.

Contributors.

SECTION I: DNA METABOLISM.

Prokaryotic DNA Replication (W. Firshein).

DNA Repair Mechanisms and Mutagenesis (R. Yasbin).

Gene Expression and Its Regulation (J. Helmann).

Bacteriophage Genetics (B. Guttan & E. Kutter).

Bacteriophage and Its Relatives (R. Hendrix).

Single-Stranded DNA Phages (J. LeClerc).

Restriction-Modification Systems (R. Blumenthal & X. Cheng).

Recombination (S. Levene & K. Huffman).

Molecular Applications (T. Geoghegan).

SECTION II: GENETIC RESPONSE.

Genetics of Quorum Sensing Circuitry in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for Control of Pathogenesis, Biofilm Formation and Antibiotic/Biocide Resistance (D. Hassett, et al.).

Endospore Formation in Bacillus subtilis: An Example of Cell Differentiation by a Bacterium (C. Moran).

Stress Shock (U. Streips).

Genetic Tools for Dissecting Motility and Development of Myxococcus xanthus (P. Hartzell).

Agrobacterium Genetics (W. Ream).

Two-Component Regulation (K. Bayles & D. Fujimoto).

Molecular Mechanisms of Quorum Sensing (C. Fuqua & M. Parsek).

SECTION III: GENETIC EXCHANGE.

Bacterial Transposons--An Increasingly Diverse Group of Elements (G. Whittle & A. Salyers).

Transformation (U. Streips).

Conjugation (R. Porter).

The Subcellular Entities a.k.a. Plasmids (M. Perlin).

Transduction in Gram-Negative Bacteria (G. Weinstock).

Genetic Approaches in Bacteria with No Natural Genetic Systems (C. Haller & T. DiChristina).

Index.