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Fundamental bacterial genetics / Nancy Trun and Janine Trempy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trun, Nancy Jo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bacterial genetics.
- Escherichia coli--Genetics.
- Escherichia coli.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fundamental Bacterial Genetics presents a concise introduction to microbial genetics. The text focuses on one bacterial species, Escherichia coli, but draws examples from other microbial systems at appropriate points to support the fundamental concepts of molecular genetics. A solid balance of concepts, techniques and applications makes this book an accessible, essential introduction to the theory and practice of fundamental microbial genetics. FYI boxes - feature key experiments that lead to what we now know, biographies of key scientists, comparisons with
- Contents:
- Introduction to the cell
- DNA replication
- Mutations
- DNA repair
- Recombination
- Transposition
- Bacteriophage
- Transduction
- Natural plasmids
- Conjugation
- Transformation
- Gene regulation
- Plasmids, bacteriophage and transposons as tools
- DNA cloning
- Genomics, bioinformatics and proteomics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612139543
- 9781282139541
- 1282139541
- 9781444311556
- 1444311557
- OCLC:
- 476271991
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