| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 423 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 8
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Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Mechanisms of homologous recombination in bacteria / Marie-Agnes Petit -- Introduction to site-specific recombination / Makkuni Jayaram and Ian Grainge -- Site-specific recombination by the serine recombinases / Sally J. Rowland and W. Marshall Stark -- Mobile introns and retroelements in bacteria / Steve Zimmerly -- The F-plasmid, a paradigm for bacterial conjugation / Michael J. Gubbins, William R. Will, and Laura S. Frost -- Molecular aspects of movement of conjugative transposons / Adam P. Roberts and Peter Mullany -- Competence for genetic transformation / Irena Draskovic and David Dubnau -- Phase variation and antigenic variation / Richard Villemur and Eric Deziel -- Pathogenicity island / Bianca Hochhut and Jorg Hacker -- Biological consequences for bacteria of homologous recombination / Diarmaid Hughes and Tobias Norstrom -- Horizontal gene transfer and bacterial genomic legacies / James R. Brown. |
| Summary |
This book is concerned with the mechanisms underlying recombination in bacterial DNA. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bacterial genetics.
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Bacterial genetics. |
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Genetic recombination.
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Genetic recombination. |
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Bacterial transformation.
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Bacterial transformation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mullany, Peter, 1959-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dynamic bacterial genome. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521821576 9780521821575 (DLC) 2004024708 (OCoLC)56798862 |
| ISBN |
9780511345234 (electronic book) |
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0511345232 (electronic book) |
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051134452X |
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9780511344527 |
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0511541546 (electronic book) |
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9780511541544 (electronic book) |
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0521821576 (hardcover) |
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