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Molecular Biology, Pathogenicity, and Ecology of Bacterial Plasmids

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Editors:
  1. Stuart B. Levy

    1. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

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  2. Royston C. Clowes

    1. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA

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  3. Ellen L. Koenig

    1. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Table of contents (56 chapters)

  1. Transfer and Mobilization of Plasmids

    1. Sites and Systems for Conjugal DNA Transfer in Bacteria

      • Neil Willetts
      Pages 207-215

    2. Conjugative Pili of Plasmids in Escherichia coli K-12 and Pseudomonas Species

      • David E. Bradley
      Pages 217-226

    3. The Pathway of Plasmid Transformation in Pneumococcus

      • Walter R. Guild, Charles W. Saunders
      Pages 227-235

    4. Plasmids of the Gonococcus

      • P. Frederick Sparling, Gour Biswas, James Graves, Eleanore Blackman
      Pages 237-246

    5. Genetic Organization and Expression of Non-Conjugative Plasmids

      • H. John, J. Nijkamp, Eduard Veltkamp
      Pages 247-258

  2. Plasmid Replication, Maintenance and Incompatibility

    1. Sturcture-Function Relationships in Essential Regions for Plasmid Replication

      • Avigdor Shafferman, David M. Stalker, Aslihan Tolun, Roberto Kolter, Donald R. Helinski
      Pages 259-270

    2. Control of Plasmid Replication and Its Relationship to Incompatibility

      • Robert H. Pritchard, Norman B. Grover
      Pages 271-278

    3. Structure and Function of the Replication Origin Region of the Resistance Factors R100 and R1

      • Karen Armstrong, Jonathan Rosen, Thomas Ryder, Eiichi Ohtsubo, Hisako Ohtsubo
      Pages 279-289

    4. Plasmid R1 Incompatibility. Contribution from the cop/rep and from the par Systems

      • Kurt Nordström, Søren Molin, Helle Aagaard-Hansen
      Pages 291-301

    5. Copy Number Control and Incompatibility of incFII R Plasmids

      • Robert H. Rownd, Alan M. Easton, Padmini Sampathkumar
      Pages 303-315

    6. Replication and Incompatibility Functions in Mini-F Plasmids

      • Bruce Kline, Ralph Seelke, John Trawick
      Pages 317-325

    7. Plasmid Mini-F Encoded Functions Involved in Replication and Incompatibility

      • Rudolf Eichenlaub, Hermann Wehlmann, Jürgen Ebbers
      Pages 327-336

    8. Nucleotide Sequence Change in A Cole1 Copy Number Mutant

      • Barry Polisky, Mark Muesing, Joseph Tamm
      Pages 337-348

  3. Transposition and Genetic Rearrangements

    1. Transposition and Rearrangements in Plasmid Evolution

      • C. J. Muster, L. A. MacHattie, J. A. Shapiro
      Pages 349-358

    2. Complementation of Transposition Functions Encoded by Transposons Tn501(HgR) and Tn1721(TetR)

      • Rüdiger Schmitt, Josef Altenbuchner, John Grinsted
      Pages 359-370

    3. The Structure of Tn5

      • W. S. Reznikoff, S. J. Rothstein, R. A. Jorgensen, R. C. Johnson, J. C. P. Yin
      Pages 371-380

    4. Transposition of the Inverted Repeats of Tn5

      • Douglas E. Berg, Chihiro Sasakawa, Bernard J. Hirschel, Lorraine Johnsrud, Lyn McDivitt, Carol Egner et al.
      Pages 381-390

    5. Host Functions Required for Transposition of Tn5 from λ b221 cI857 rex::Tn5

      • Masanosuke Yoshikawa, Chihiro Sasakawa, Yuko Uno
      Pages 391-400

    6. Plasmid Mobilization as a Tool for in Vivo Genetic Engineering

      • J. Leemans, D. Inzé, R. Villarroel, G. Engler, J. P. Hernalsteens, M. De Block et al.
      Pages 401-409

  4. Medical, Public Health and Industrial Applications of Plasmids

    1. Proinsulin from Bacteria

      • Karen Talmadge, Walter Gilbert
      Pages 411-419
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About this book

This book resulted from presentations at an international conference on bacterial p1asmids held January 5-9, 1981 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This was the first meeting of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The meeting place was selected for its relaxed and comfortable climate, conducive to interactions among participants. More importantly the locale facilitated the participation of nearby Latin American clinical and research scientists who deal directly with the health manifestations of pathogenic p1asmids. Diseases and socio-economic practices of developing countries exist in the Dominican Republic whose scientific community could directly benefit from having the meeting there. The book includes the talks as well as extended abstracts of poster presentations from the meeting. This combination, which provides readers with reviews as well as recent findings, captures the full scientific exchange which took place during the 5-day meeting. As one indication of pathogenicity related to p1asmids, the conferees were surveyed for gastro-intestina1 problems during and after their stay in the Dominican Republic. The results are summarized at the end of this book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

    Stuart B. Levy

  • The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, USA

    Royston C. Clowes

  • Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Ellen L. Koenig

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular Biology, Pathogenicity, and Ecology of Bacterial Plasmids

  • Editors: Stuart B. Levy, Royston C. Clowes, Ellen L. Koenig

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3983-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3985-4Published: 03 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3983-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 708

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Pharma

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