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A short course in bacterial genetics : a laboratory manual and handbook for Escherichia coli and related bacteria /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, Jeffrey H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Plainview, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Genetic Techniques.
Escherichia coli > genetics.
Genetics, Microbial.
Laboratory Manuals.
Table of Contents:
  • [1] Handbook. Escherichia coli genetic map
  • Physical maps of Escherichia coli and their correlation with the genetic map
  • Salmonella typhimurium genetic map
  • Bacilus subtilis genetic map
  • F factor and F derivatives
  • Bacterial strains and how to obtain them
  • Clone banks and libraries
  • Databases
  • Phage
  • Some widely used plasmids
  • Vectors
  • Useful expression vectors
  • Transposable elements
  • Phage mu
  • Other phages
  • Sequences in the lac system
  • Regulation
  • Restriction enzyme specificities
  • The genetic code and codon usage in selected organisms
  • Natural and synthetic nonsense suppressors
  • Mutagen and mutator specificities
  • Properties of amino acids
  • Atomic weights
  • Additional procedures
  • Formulas and recipes
  • Photographing bacterial colonies
  • Commercial suppliers.
  • [2] Manual. Historical perspective
  • Working with bacterial strains
  • The lac system
  • Mutagenesis
  • Gene transfer
  • Experiments with transposable elements
  • Appendices.