Plasmids and Transposons

Plasmids and Transposons: Environmental Effects and Maintenance Mechanisms explores the possibility of the usefulness of plasmids and transposons in controlling pollution.
The articles in the book present evolutionary and ecological perspective on the topic. Contributors discussed such topics as aspects of the evolution of composite conjugative plasmids through acquisition of transposons; nosocomial infections; and the importance of plasmid analysis for the appropriate application of epidemiological control measures.
Ecologists, environmentalists, physicians, and biologists will find the book interesting.

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Contents
Participants
Preface
Part I. Environmental Effects
A. Metabolic Versatility
Genetics of Plasmid-Determined Hydrocarbon Oxidation
Plasmids and Dissimilation of Synthetic Environmental Pollutants
Plasmid-Mediated Carbohydrate Catabolic Enzymes Among Strains of Streptococcus Lactis
B. Infectious Disease: Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics and Pathogenesis R-Plasmids and Nosocomial Infection
Mechanisms of Plasmid-Mediated Drug Resistance
Plasmid-Determined Resistance to Carbenicillin and Gentamicin in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Incidence and Properties of R-Plasmids Occurring in Salmonella in Canada
Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids in Haemophilus Influenzae
Polypeptides Expressed by Plasmid Dna Sequences Mediating Trimethoprim Resistance
Chromosomal Location of Plasmid-Type Resistance Genes in Streptococcus Pneumonia
Plasmid-Mediated Clindamycin Resistance in Bacteroides Fragilis
Deletion Analysis of A Transferable Bacteroides R-Plasmid
Plasmids Associated With An Enterotoxigenic Strain of E. Coli
Genetic Manipulation in the Insect Pathogen Bacillus Thuringiensis
Part II. Maintenance Mechanisms
A. Propagation of Genes On Plasmids: Recombination, Transposition, and Conjugative Transfer
Involvement of Specialized Recombination in the Evolution and Expression of Bacterial Genes
Properties of Drug Resistance Transposons, with Particular Reference to Tnlo
Comments On Tn3
A Model For The Genetic Activity of Transposable Elements Involving DNA Replication
Transposable Mercury Resistance in Pseudomonas Putida
Hitchhiking Transposons: A New Class of Genetic Element in Staphylococcus Aureus (Abstract)
Plasmids in Cyanobacteria
Inducible Transposition of Tn917 in Streptococcus Faecalis Strain DS16
Plasmid-Related Sex Pheromones in Streptococcus Faecalis
Genetic Analysis of Conjugation by RP1
F-Derived tra+ Recombinants: Transfer and Transposition Properties
B. Plasmid Host Range, Replication, and Gene Expression
Plasmid Curing During The Formation and Regeneration of Protoplasts in Staphylococcus Aureus
Colel Plasmid Replication Control
Characterization of An H2 Group Plasmid Mutant Defective in Maintenance and Transfer, and Eliminated by Novobiocin
Characteristics and Interaction With Bacteriophages of Pili Determined by A Plasmid of the N Incompatibility Group
Mutants of Bacteriophage Ike Which Form Plaques On Bacteria Containing P Plasmids
Characterization of The Host Range of The N-Plasmids
Genetic and Molecular Segregation of Plasmids From Strains Carrying The Conjugative N-Plasmid RM98
Plasmid Phage P7 Codes For A DnaB Analog
Construction and Characterization of A Recombinant Plasmid Containing The Entire Biotin Genes of E. Coli
Index