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Mobile genetic elements / edited by David J. Sherratt. — Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1995.—(58.1483/M687) |
Contents
Contents
1 The discovery and significance of mobile genetic elements
1. Introduction
2. Maize controlling elements
3. Plasmids， phages， and episomes
4. Transposable elements in bacteria
5. Mobile elements in eukaryotes
6. Genome reorganization as a biological process
7. Integral view of genome function and evolution
8. Barbara McClintock， 1902-1992 References
2 Mechanisms of DNA transposition
1. Introduction
2. The transposition reaction
3. The transposase
4. Host proteins and orientation selectivity
5. Target choice
6. Conclusion Acknowledgements References
3 Transposable elements as tools for molecular analyses in bacteria
1. Introduction
2. How to choose and deliver the transposon
3. In vivo cloning: Mu and D311.2
4. Cosmid cloning vectors for delivering transposon ends in intramolecular transposition: nested deletion formation and DNA sequencing
5. Special uses of transposons
6. Future prospects
4 Eukaryotic transposable elements as tools to study gene structure and function
1. Introduction
2. The Drosophila P element
3. Other DrosoIahHa transposable elements
4. Transposable elements as tools in other organisms
5. Conclusions
5 Topological selectivity in site-specific recombination 101
1. Introduction
2. Selectivities observed in natural systems
3. Topological selectivity
4. Models for topological selectivity
5. Conclusions
6 Transposable elements as selfish DNA
1. Introduction
2. Categorization of the mechanisms for the spread of transposable elements
3. Determination of transposable element copy number
4. Variation in transposable element positions in wild populations
5. Evolutionary changes in transposable element sequences
6. The phylogenies of transposable elements
7. Speculations
7 Retrons in bacteria
1. Introduction
2. msDNA
3. Reverse transcriptase
4. Biosynthesis of branched msDNA
5. Unbranched msDNA
6. Retrons
7. Evolutionary considerations and perspective
Index
