Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Fundamentals of Bacterial and Viral Genetics....Pages 1-18
Replication and Analysis of DNA....Pages 19-63
Mutations and Mutagenesis....Pages 65-101
Transcription and Translation: Processes and Basic Regulation....Pages 103-141
DNA Repair and Simple Recombination....Pages 143-170
T4 Bacteriophage as a Model Genetic System....Pages 171-214
Genetics of Other Intemperate Bacteriophages....Pages 215-251
Genetics of Temperate Bacteriophages....Pages 253-292
Transduction....Pages 293-313
Genetic Transformation....Pages 315-339
Conjugation and the Escherichia coli Paradigm....Pages 341-371
Plasmids and Conjugation Systems Other Than F....Pages 373-403
Plasmid Molecular Biology....Pages 405-428
Advanced Regulatory Topics....Pages 429-446
Site-Specific Recombination....Pages 447-461
Applied Bacterial Genetics....Pages 463-486
Bacterial Evolution....Pages 487-510
Back Matter....Pages 511-559