The horizontal gene pool : bacterial plasmids and gene spread /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Thomas, Christopher M.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Harwood Academic, [2000]
Subjects:	Genes, Bacterial. Plasmids > genetics. Evolution, Molecular.

Table of Contents:

Plasmid replication and copy number control
Plasmid maintenance systems
Conjugative-DNA transfer processes
Ecology of plasmid transfer and spread
Isolation and characterisation of plasmids from bacteria
Phenotypic traits conferred by plasmids
Bacterial population genetics : do plasmids maintain bacterial diversity and adaptation?
The evolution of bacterial plasmids
Gene recruiters and transporters : the modular structure of bacterial mobile elements