Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics

Front Matter....Pages N2-xv
Fundamentals of Bacterial and Viral Genetics....Pages 1-15
Replication and Analysis of DNA....Pages 16-52
Mutations and Mutagenesis....Pages 53-84
Transcription and Translation: Processes and Basic Regulation....Pages 85-114
DNA Repair and Simple Recombination....Pages 115-136
T4 Bacteriophage as a Model Genetic System....Pages 137-173
Genetics of Other Intemperate Bacteriophages....Pages 174-205
Genetics of Temperate Bacteriophages....Pages 206-239
Transduction....Pages 240-256
Genetic Transformation....Pages 257-276
Conjugation and the Escherichia coli Paradigm....Pages 277-303
Other Plasmids and Other Conjugation Systems....Pages 304-328
Plasmid Molecular Biology....Pages 329-347
Advanced Regulatory Topics....Pages 348-360
Recombination: Generally and Specifically....Pages 361-373
Applied Bacterial Genetics....Pages 374-392
Bacterial Evolution....Pages 393-409
Back Matter....Pages 411-456