Plasmid biology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Phillips, Gregory, 1957-, Funnell, Barbara E., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to plasmids : a selective view of their history
  • Plasmid replication systems
  • Participating elements in the replication of iteron-containing plasmids
  • Plasmid replication control by antisense RNAs
  • Rolling-circle replication
  • Plasmid maintenance and inheritance
  • Partition systems of bacterial plasmids
  • Genetic addiction : a principle of gene symbiosis in a genome
  • DNA site-specific resolution systems
  • Topological behavior of plasmid DNA
  • Bacterial conjugation in gram-negative bacteria
  • Conjugation in gram-positive bacteria
  • Specific plasmid systems
  • Plasmid strategies for broad-host-range
  • replication in gram-negative bacteria
  • The symbiotic plasmids of Rhizobiacae
  • Linear plasmids in bacteria : common origins, uncommon ends
  • The 2um plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Viral plasmids in mammalian cells
  • Degradative plasmids
  • Archaeal plasmids
  • Virulence and antibiotic resistance plasmids
  • Genome-scale analysis of virulence plasmids : the contribution of plasmid-borne virulence genes to enterobacterial pathogenesis
  • Virulence plasmids of spore-forming bacteria
  • Virulence plasmids of Yersinia : characteristics of comparison
  • Virulence plasmids of nonsporulating gram-positive pathogens
  • The Agrobacterium Ti plasmids
  • Antibiotic resistance plasmids
  • Plasmids pJM1 and pColV-K30 harbor iron uptake genes that are essential for bacterial virulence
  • Plasmid ecology and evolution
  • Evolution and population genetics of bacterial plasmids
  • Second chromosomes and megaplasmids in bacteria
  • Plasmids as genetic tools
  • Plasmid vectors for gene cloning and expression
  • Plasmids as genetic tools for study of bacterial gene function
  • Plasmids as tools for containment