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The dynamic bacterial genome / edited by Peter Mullany. - xi, 423 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. - Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 8 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.


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.

ISBN: 0521821576 (hardcover) 9780521821575

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bacterial genetics.
Genetic recombination.
Bacterial transformation.

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Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 572.8293 / DYN