Mobile Genetic elements

Author(s)

• Sherratt, David J.

Bibliographic Information

Mobile Genetic elements

edited by David J. Sherratt

（Frontiers in molecular biology, 8）

IRL Press at Oxford University Press, c1995

• : pbk
• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780199634040

Description

The chromosomes of living organisms were once thought to be very stable with changes in genetic content infrequent and generally small. We now know all chromosomes contain a multitude of mobile genetic elements that can change position, cause mutation, and proliferate. This book describes how such elements can influence the biology and evolution of all organisms and provides important unifying information on mechanisms of element mobility. Moreover, the book contains invaluable methodologies for using mobile genetic elements as tools in the analysis of gene structure and function.

Table of Contents

• 1. The discovery and significance of mobile genetic elements
• 2. Mechanisms of DNA transposition
• 3. Transposable elements as tools for molecular analyses in bacteria
• 4. Eukaryotic transposable elements as tools to study gene structure and function
• 5. Topological selectivity in site-specific recombination
• 6. Transposable elements as selfish DNA
• 7. Retrons in bacteria

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780199634057

Description

The chromosomes of living organisms were once thought to be very stable with changes in genetic content infrequent and generally small. We now know all chromosomes contain a multitude of mobile genetic elements that can change position, cause mutation and proliferate. This study describes how such elements can influence the biology and evolution of all organisms and provides unifying information on the mechanisms of element mobility. Moreover, the book contains methodologies for using mobile genetic elements as tools in the analysis of gene structure and function.

Table of Contents

• The discovery and significance of mobile genetic elements
• Mechanisms of DNA transposition
• Transposable elements as tools for molecular analyses in bacteria
• Eukaryotic transposable elements as tools to study gene structure and function
• Topological selectivity in site-specific recombination
• Transposable elements as selfish DNA
• Retrons in bacteria.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA26600936
• ISBN:
  • 0199634041
  • 019963405X
• LCCN: 94023799
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 179p
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH452.3
  • DC20 : 574.87/322
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mobile genetic elements
  • MESH : DNA Insertion Elements
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04362517