Microbial Linear Plasmids

Microbial Linear Plasmids (Microbiology Monographs)
by Friedhelm Meinhardt (Editor), Roland Klassen (Editor)

Product Details:
* Hardcover: 250 pages
* Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3540720243

Book Description:
Linear plasmids of microbes represent a heterogenous group of extrachromosomal genetic elements initially assumed to be rare and peculiar. However, we now know that they are fairly frequently occurring plasmids in bacterial and eukaryotic species. Viral strategies to avoid shortening of the linear molecules during replication imply a common ancestry. Linear plasmids may be beneficial, neutral or detrimental for the respective host; functions include production of protein toxins, specific catabolic capabilities, antibiotic resistance, pathogenicity factors, and senescence induction.
Microbial Linear Plasmids constitutes the first attempt to comprehensively assemble current knowledge of different types of such elements, highlight recent developments in the field, and challenge the distinction between viruses and linear plas

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Molecular Genetics of Bacteria

Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
by Jeremy W. Dale (Author), Simon F. Park (Author)

Product Details:
* Paperback: 358 pages
* Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (March 12, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 047085085X

Book Description
The Fourth Edition of this highly successful book provides an essential introduction to the molecular genetics of bacteria. Thoroughly revised and updated, Molecular Genetics of Bacteria now includes a much greater coverage of genomics, microarrays and proteomics. An enhanced treatment of the ways in which both classical and modern genetics have contributed to our understanding of how bacteria work is included. The focus of the book remains firmly on bacteria and will be invaluable to those students studying microbiology, biotechnology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics and related biomedical sciences.
* Expanded treatment of the development of bacterial structures, cellular communication, quorum sensing and two-component regulation.
* Provides a distillation of key concepts of bacterial genetics to enhance student understanding.
* Includes examples of the applications of genetics focusing on bacterial pathogenicity.

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