Molecular genetics of bacteria/
Larry Snyder and Wendy Champness.
- 3rd ed.
- Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, c2007.
- xvii, 735 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The bacterial chromosome : DNA structure, replication, and segregation -- Bacterial gene expression : transcription, translation, and protein folding -- Bacterial genetic analysis : forward and reverse -- Plasmids -- Conjugation -- Transformation -- Lytic bacteriophages : development, genetics, and generalized transduction -- Lysogeny : the l paradigm and the role of lysogenic conversion in bacterial pathogenesis -- Transposition, site-specific recombination, and families of recombinases -- Molecular mechanisms of homologous recombination -- DNA repair and mutagenesis -- Regulation of gene expression : operons -- Global regulation : regulons and stimulons -- Bacterial cell compartmentalization and sporulation.