The bacterial chromosome / edited by N. Patrick Higgins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Higgins, Norman Patrick, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacterial chromosomes.

Bacterial genetics.

Bacteria--genetics.

Chromosomes, Bacterial.

Medical Subjects:

Bacteria--genetics.

Chromosomes, Bacterial.

Physical Description:

xv, 559 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [2005]

Summary:

- Covers the fundamental systems that are required for all bacterial cells to replicate chromosomes and organize and utilize genetic information- Provides a link between classical experiments in chromosome physiology and new developments in genetic research- Includes and interprets structural information from recent X-ray crystal studies in a format that is logical for broad understanding of the biochemical process- Presents complex biochemical reactions such as DNA replication and RNA transcription from both genetic and physical perspectives- Incorporates section overviews written by eminent scientists in the fields of genetic and biochemical research.

Contents:

Where's the beef? Looking for information about bacterial chromosomes / John R. Roth

The dynamic bacterial genome / Jeffrey G. Lawrence

Bacteriophages and the bacterial genome / Sherwood Casjens and Roger W. Hendrix

Global approaches to the bacterial cell as an integrated system / Michael T. Laub, Lucy Shapiro, and Harley H. McAdams

Major nucleoid proteins in the structure and function of the Escherichia coli chromosome / Reid C. Johnson ... [et al.]

Domain behavior and supercoil dynamics in bacterial chromosomes / N. Patrick Hggins ... [et al.]

Stationary-phase chromosomes / Abraham Minsky and Roberto Kolter

Replication hits 50 / Kenneth J. Marians

Initiation of chromosomal replication / Johanna Eltz Camara and Elliott Crooke

DNA elongation / Manju M. Hingorani and Mike O'Donnell

SeqA protein binding and the Escherichia coli replication fork / Therese Brendler and Stuart Austin

Reinitiation of DNA replication / Kenneth N. Kreuzer and Benedicte Michel

The terminus region of the Escherichia coli chromosome, or, all's well that ends well / Jean-Michel Louarn, Peter Kuempel, and Francois Cornet

Overview of transcription / Jeffrey Roberts

The structure of bacterial RNA polymerase / Kati Geszvain and Robert Landick

How transcription initiation can be regulated in bacteria / Simon L. Dove and Ann Hochschild

Control of transcription termination and antitermination / Irina Artsimovitch

mRNA decay and

processing / Sidney R. Kushner

Overview of homologous recombination and repair machines / Andrei Kuzminov and Franklin W. Stahl

The RecA protein / Michael M. Cox

Homologous recombination by the RecBCD and RecF pathways / Maria Spies and Stephen C. Kowalczykowski

Recombination machinery: holliday junction-resolving enzymes / Malcolm F. White

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: how the MutSLH repair system kills the cell / M. G. Marinus

Excision repair and bypass / Bernard S. Strauss

Misalignment-mediated mutations and genetic rearrangements at repetitive DNA sequences / Susan T. Lovett

DNA transposons: different proteins and mechanisms but similar rearrangements / Keith M. Derbyshire and Nigel D. F. Grindley

Potential mechanisms for linking phage Mu transposition with cell physiology

Stella N. North and Hiroshi Nakai

Chromosome dimer resolution / Franoois-Xavier Barre and David J. Sherratt

Replication of bacterial chromosomes: no longer going around in circles / George Chaconas and Carton W. Chen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1555812325

OCLC:

54989086