Modern microbial genetics/ edited by Uldis N. Streips, Ronald E. Yasbin - 2nd ed. - New York: Wiley-Liss, 2002. - xiv, 657 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Introduction.
DNA METABOLISM.
Prokaryotic DNA Replication (W. Firshein).
DNA Repair Mechanisms and Mutagenesis (R. Yasbin).
Gene Expression and its Regulation (J. Helmann).
Bacteriophage lambda and its Relatives (R. Hendrix).
Single-Stranded DNA Phages (J. LeClerc).
Restriction-Modification Systems (R. Blumenthal & X. Cheng).
Recombination (S. Levene & K. Huffman).
Molecular Applications (T. Geoghegan).
GENETIC RESPONSE.
Genetics of Quorum Sensing Circuitry in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for Control of Pathogenesis, Biofilm Formation and Antibiotic/Biocide Resistance (D. Hassett, et al.).
Endospore Formation in Bacillus subtilis: An Example of Cell Differentiation by a Bacterium (C. Moran).
Stress Shock (U. Streips).
Genetic Tools for Dissecting Motility and Development of Myxococcus xanthus (P. Hartzell).
Agrobacterium Genetics (W. Ream).
Two-Component Regulation (K. Bayles & D. Fujimoto).
Molecular Mechanisms of Quorum Sensing (M. Parsek & C. Fuqua).
GENETIC EXCHANGE.
Bacterial Transposons-An Increasingly Diverse Group of Elements (G. Whittle & A. Salyers).
Transformation (U. Streips).
Conjugation (R. Porter).
Subcellular Entities (or Plasmids) (M. Perlin).
Transduction in Gram-Negative Bacteria (G. Weinstock).
Genetic Approaches in Bacteria with No Natural Genetic Systems (C. Haller & T. DiChristina).

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