The dynamic bacterial genome / edited by Peter Mullany. — Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005. – (58.63/D997)

Contents

    Contents
    
    List of Contributors
    page ix
    PART 1 Basic Mechanisms of Genome Rearrangement in Bacteria
    1 Mechanisms of homologous recombination in bacteria
    2 Introduction to site-specific recombination
    3 Site-specific recombination by the serine recombinases
    4 Mobile introns and retroelements in bacteria
    PART 2 Horizontal Gene Transfer and Genome Plasticity
    5 The F-plasmid， a paradigm for bacterial conjugation
    6 The conjugative transposons: Integrative gene transfer elements
    7 Competence for genetic transformation
    PART 3 Biological Consequences of the Mobile Genome
    8 Phase variation and antigenic variation
    9 Pathogenicity islands
    10 Biological consequences for bacteria of homologous recombination
    11 Horizontal gene transfer and bacterial genomic legacies 585
    Index