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Plasmids in Bacteria

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  1. Donald R. Helinski

    1. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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  2. Stanley N. Cohen

    1. Stanford University, Stanford, USA

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  3. Don B. Clewell

    1. University of Michigan, Ann Harbor, USA

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  4. David A. Jackson

    1. Genex Corporation, Gaithersburg, USA

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  5. Alexander Hollaender

    1. Council for Research Planning in Biological Sciences, Inc., USA

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Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences (BLSC, volume 30)

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Table of contents (66 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Stanley N. Cohen, Donald R. Helinski
      Pages 1-2

  3. Structure and Evolution

    1. Plasmids as Organisms

      • Naomi Datta
      Pages 3-16

    2. Report on a Workshop: Structure and Function

      • Rüdiger Schmitt
      Pages 17-19

    3. Evolutionary Relevance of Genetic Rearrangements Involving Plasmids

      • Werner Arber, Christian Sengstag, Patrick Caspers, Brian Dalrymple
      Pages 21-31

    4. Mechanisms of Transposition in Bacteria

      • Douglas E. Berg
      Pages 33-44

    6. Studies on the Transposition of IS1

      • Michael Chandler, David J. Galas
      Pages 53-77

    7. On the Transposition and Evolution of Tn1721 and its Relatives

      • Rüdiger Schmitt, Sabine Mötsch, Peter Rogowsky, Fernando de la Cruz, John Grinsted
      Pages 79-91

    10. Report on a Workshop: Plasmids in Unusual Systems

      • Simon Silver, John Pemberton, Kenji Sakaguchi
      Pages 117-118

  4. Replication, Incompatibility, and Partition

    2. Role of the π Initiation Protein and Direct Nucleotide Sequence Repeats in the Regulation of Plasmid R6K Replication

      • Marcin Filutowicz, Michael McEachern, Alan Greener, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Elliott Uhlenhopp, Ross Durland et al.
      Pages 125-140

    3. Initiation of Replication of the Escherichia Coli Chromosomal Origin Reconstituted with Purified Enzymes

      • Jon M. Kaguni, LeRoy L. Bertsch, David Bramhill, James E. Flynn, Robert S. Fuller, Barbara Funnell et al.
      Pages 141-150

    4. Origin and Initiation Sites of λdv DNA Replication In Vitro

      • Toshiki Tsurimoto, Haruhiko Kouhara, Kenichi Matsubara
      Pages 151-172

    5. Broad Host-Range Plasmid R1162: Replication, Incompatibility, and Copy-Number Control

      • Richard J. Meyer, Lung-Shen Lin, Kyunghoon Kim, Michael A. Brasch
      Pages 173-188

    7. The Partition Functions of P1, P7, and F Miniplasmids

      • Stuart Austin, Ann Abeles
      Pages 215-226

    8. Genetic Interactions of Broad Host-Range Plasmid RK2: Evidence for a Complex Replication Regulon

      • David H. Figurski, Calvin Young, Helen C. Schreiner, Robert F. Pohlman, David H. Bechhofer, Alice S. Prince et al.
      Pages 227-241
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Donald R. Helinski

  • Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Stanley N. Cohen

  • University of Michigan, Ann Harbor, USA

    Don B. Clewell

  • Genex Corporation, Gaithersburg, USA

    David A. Jackson

  • Council for Research Planning in Biological Sciences, Inc., USA

    Alexander Hollaender

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plasmids in Bacteria

  • Editors: Donald R. Helinski, Stanley N. Cohen, Don B. Clewell, David A. Jackson, Alexander Hollaender

  • Series Title: Basic Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2447-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9487-0Published: 12 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2447-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 995

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology

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