Plasmid Biology

by Funnell, Barbara E.; Phillips, Gregory J.

• ISBN13: 9781555812652
• ISBN10: 1555812651
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Amer Society for Microbiology

Summary

Plasmid Biology captures in a single volume the wealth of information on plasmid structure, function, and biology. The book opens with an essay on the historical perspective of the study of plasmids, reviewing important events and discoveries that have propelled the field forward. The remaining chapters are divided into six sections, detailing basic biological processes such as replication and inheritance functions, specific plasmid systems, plasmid evolution, and use of plasmids as genetic tools. Chapters include use of genomic approaches for the study of plasmid biology, and a review of plasmids from bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes is presented. In-depth treatment is given to diversity of plasmid systems in the natural environment, and the development of plasmid use in the laboratory is also covered. Written by experts in the field, this book is a valuable source of up-to-date information, delivering the latest impacts of plasmid study upon the areas of bacterial p

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface	xi
Introduction to Plasmids: a Selective View of Their History	1	(24)
Donald R. Helinski
I. Plasmid Replication Systems
Participating Elements in the Replication of Iteron-Containing Plasmids	25	(22)
Ricardo Kruger
Sheryl A. Rakowski
Marcin Filutowicz
Plasmid Replication Control by Antisense RNAs	47	(16)
Sabine Brantl
Rolling-Circle Replication	63	(18)
Saleem A. Khan
II. Plasmid Maintenance and Inheritance
Partition Systems of Bacterial Plasmids	81	(24)
Barbara E. Funnell
Roderick A. Slavcev
Genetic Addiction: a Principle of Gene Symbiosis in a Genome	105	(40)
Ichizo Kobayashi
DNA Site-Specific Resolution Systems	145	(36)
Bernard Hallet
Virginie Vanhooff
Francois Cornet
Topological Behavior of Plasmid DNA	181	(22)
N. Patrick Higgins
Alexander V. Vologodskii
Bacterial Conjugation in Gram-Negative Bacteria	203	(24)
Trevor Lawley
Brian M. Wilkins
Laura S. Frost
Conjugation in Gram-Positive Bacteria	227	(32)
Don B. Clewell
M. Victoria Francia
III. Specific Plasmid Systems
Plasmid Strategies for Broad-Host-Range Replication in Gram-Negative Bacteria	259	(12)
Aresa Toukdarian
The Symbiotic Plasmids of the Rhizobiaceae	271	(20)
David Romero
Susana Brom
Linear Plasmids in Bacteria: Common Origins, Uncommon Ends	291	(12)
Philip Stewart
Patricia A. Rosa
Kit Tilly
The 2μm Plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae	303	(22)
Makkuni Jayaram
XianMei Yang
Shwetal Mehta
Yuri Voziyanov
Soundarapandian Velmurugan
Viral Plasmids in Mammalian Cells	325	(16)
Lori Frappier
Degradative Plasmids	341	(36)
Naoto Ogawa
Ananda M. Chakrabarty
Olga Zaborina
Archaeal Plasmids	377	(18)
Roger A. Garrett
Peter Redder
Bo Greve
Kim Brugger
Lanming Chen
Qunxin She
IV. Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids
Genome-Scale Analysis of Virulence Plasmids: the Contribution of Plasmid-Borne Virulence Genes to Enterobacterial Pathogenesis	395	(18)
Malabi M. Venkatesan
Valerie Burland
Virulence Plasmids of Spore-Forming Bacteria	413	(10)
Julian I. Rood
Virulence Plasmids of Yersinia: Characteristics and Comparison	423	(16)
Luther E. Lindler
Virulence Plasmids of Nonsporulating Gram-Positive Pathogens	439	(16)
Chris M. Pillar
Michael S. Gilmore
The Agrobacterium Ti Plasmids	455	(18)
Peter J. Christie
Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids	473	(20)
Diane E. Taylor
Amera Gibreel
Trevor D. Lawley
Dobryan M. Tracz
Plasmids pJM1 and pColV-K30 Harbor Iron Uptake Genes That Are Essential for Bacterial Virulence	493	(16)
Jorge H. Crosa
V. Plasmid Ecology and Evolution
Evolution and Population Genetics of Bacterial Plasmids	509	(20)
Christopher M. Thomas
Second Chromosomes and Megaplasmids in Bacteria	529	(16)
Shawn R. MacLellan
Christopher D. Sibley
Turlough M. Finan
VI. Plasmids as Genetic Tools
Plasmid Vectors for Gene Cloning and Expression	545	(22)
Quinn Lu
Plasmids as Genetic Tools for Study of Bacterial Gene Function	567	(22)
Gregory J. Phillips
Plasmids as Tools for Containment	589	(14)
Begona Torres
Jose L. Garcia
Eduardo Diaz
Index	603