Nucleic Acid Structure and Function / 1: |
Structure of nucleic acids / 1.1: |
DNA / 1.1.1: |
Mutation and Variation |
Regulation and Gene Expression / 1.1.2: |
RNA |
Genetics of Bacteriophages / 4: |
Hydrophobic interactions / 5: |
Plasmids |
Gene Transfer / 1.1.4: |
Different forms of the double helix |
Genomic Plasticity: Movable Genes and Phase Variation / 7: |
Supercoiling / 8: |
Genetic Modification: Exploiting the Potential of Bacteria |
Genetic Methods for Investigating Bacteria / 1.1.6: |
Denaturation and hybridization |
Gene Mapping to Genomics / 10: |
Orientation of nucleic acid strands / Appendix A: |
Further Reading |
Abbreviations / 1.2: |
Replication of DNA |
Glossary / Appendix C: |
Unwinding and rewinding / Appendix D: |
Enzymes |
Genes / 1.2.2: |
Fidelity of replication: proof-reading |
Standard Genetic Code / Appendix F: |
Chromosome replication and cell division / Appendix G: |
Bacterial Species |
Index / 1.4: |
DNA repair |
Mismatch repair / 1.4.1: |
Excision repair / 1.4.2: |
Recombination (post-replication) repair / 1.4.3: |
SOS repair / 1.4.4: |
Gene expression / 1.5: |
Transcription / 1.5.1: |
Translation / 1.5.2: |
Post-translational events / 1.5.3: |
Gene organization / 1.6: |
Variation and evolution / 2.1: |
Fluctuation test / 2.1.1: |
Directed mutation in bacteria? / 2.1.2: |
Types of mutations / 2.2: |
Point mutations / 2.2.1: |
Conditional mutants / 2.2.2: |
Variation due to larger scale DNA alterations / 2.2.3: |
Extrachromosomal agents and horizontal gene transfer / 2.2.4: |
Phenotypes / 2.3: |
Restoration of phenotype / 2.4: |
Reversion and suppression / 2.4.1: |
Complementation / 2.4.2: |
Recombination / 2.5: |
Mechanisms of mutation / 2.6: |
Spontaneous mutation / 2.6.1: |
Chemical mutagens / 2.6.2: |
Ultraviolet irradiation / 2.6.3: |
Isolation and identification of mutants / 2.7: |
Mutation and selection / 2.7.1: |
Replica plating / 2.7.2: |
Penicillin enrichment / 2.7.3: |
Isolation of other mutants / 2.7.4: |
Molecular methods / 2.7.5: |
Regulation of Gene Expression |
Gene copy number / 3.1: |
Transcriptional control / 3.2: |
Promoters / 3.2.1: |
Terminators, attenuators and anti-terminators / 3.2.2: |
Induction and repression: regulatory proteins / 3.2.3: |
Attenuation: trp operon / 3.2.4: |
Two-component regulatory systems / 3.2.5: |
Global regulatory systems / 3.2.6: |
Feast or famine and the RpoS regulon / 3.2.7: |
Quorum sensing / 3.2.8: |
Translational control / 3.3: |
Ribosome binding / 3.3.1: |
Codon usage / 3.3.2: |
Stringent response / 3.3.3: |
Regulatory RNA / 3.3.4: |
Phase variation / 3.3.5: |
Single-stranded DNA bacteriophages / 4.1: |
oX174 / 4.1.1: |
M13 / 4.1.2: |
RNA-containing phages: MS2 / 4.2: |
Double-stranded DNA phages / 4.3: |
Bacteriophage T4 / 4.3.1: |
Bacteriophage lambda / 4.3.2: |
Lytic and lysogenic regulation of bacteriophage lambda / 4.3.3: |
Restriction and modification / 4.4: |
Complementation and recombination / 4.5: |
Why are bacteriophages important? / 4.6: |
Phage typing / 4.6.1: |
Phage therapy / 4.6.2: |
Phage display / 4.6.3: |
Bacterial virulence and phage conversion / 4.6.4: |
Some bacterial characteristics are determined by plasmids / 5.1: |
Antibiotic resistance / 5.1.1: |
Colicins and bacteriocins / 5.1.2: |
Virulence determinants / 5.1.3: |
Plasmids in plant-associated bacteria / 5.1.4: |
Metabolic activities / 5.1.5: |
Molecular properties of plasmids / 5.2: |
Plasmid replication and control / 5.2.1: |
Plasmid stability / 5.3: |
Plasmid integrity / 5.3.1: |
Partitioning / 5.3.2: |
Differential growth rate / 5.3.3: |
Methods for studying plasmids / 5.4: |
Associating a plasmid with a phenotype / 5.4.1: |
Classification of plasmids / 5.4.2: |
Transformation / 6.1: |
Conjugation / 6.2: |
Mechanism of conjugation / 6.2.1: |
The F plasmid / 6.2.2: |
Conjugation in other bacteria / 6.2.3: |
Transduction / 6.3: |
Specialized transduction / 6.3.1: |
General (homologous) recombination / 6.4: |
Site-specific and non-homologous (illegitimate) recombination / 6.4.2: |
Mosaic genes and chromosome plasticity / 6.5: |
Insertion sequences / 7.1: |
Structure of insertion sequences / 7.1.1: |
Occurrence of insertion sequences / 7.1.2: |
Transposons / 7.2: |
Structure of transposons / 7.2.1: |
Integrons / 7.2.2: |
Mechanisms of transposition / 7.3: |
Replicative transposition / 7.3.1: |
Non-replicative (conservative) transposition / 7.3.2: |
Regulation of transposition / 7.3.3: |
Activation of genes by transposable elements / 7.3.4: |
Mu: a transposable bacteriophage / 7.3.5: |
Conjugative transposons and other transposable elements / 7.3.6: |
Variation mediated by simple DNA inversion / 7.4: |
Variation mediated by nested DNA inversion / 7.4.2: |
Antigenic variation in the gonococcus / 7.4.3: |
Phase variation by slipped strand mispairing / 7.4.4: |
Phase variation mediated by differential DNA methylation / 7.4.5: |
Strain development / 8.1: |
Generation of variation / 8.1.1: |
Selection of desired variants / 8.1.2: |
Overproduction of primary metabolites / 8.2: |
Simple pathways / 8.2.1: |
Branched pathways / 8.2.2: |
Overproduction of secondary metabolites / 8.3: |
Gene cloning / 8.4: |
Cutting and joining DNA / 8.4.1: |
Plasmid vectors / 8.4.2: |
Bacteriophage lambda vectors / 8.4.3: |
Cloning larger fragments / 8.4.5: |
Bacteriophage M13 vectors / 8.4.6: |
Gene libraries / 8.5: |
Construction of genomic libraries / 8.5.1: |
Screening a gene library / 8.5.2: |
Construction of a cDNA library / 8.5.3: |
Products from cloned genes / 8.6: |
Expression vectors / 8.6.1: |
Making new genes / 8.6.2: |
Other bacterial hosts / 8.6.3: |
Novel vaccines / 8.6.4: |
Other uses of gene technology / 8.7: |
Metabolic pathways / 9.1: |
Cross-feeding / 9.1.1: |
Microbial physiology / 9.2: |
Reporter genes / 9.2.1: |
Lysogeny / 9.2.2: |
Cell division / 9.2.3: |
Motility and chemotaxis / 9.2.4: |
Cell differentiation / 9.2.5: |
Bacterial virulence / 9.3: |
Wide range mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis / 9.3.1: |
Detection of virulence genes / 9.3.2: |
Specific mutagenesis / 9.4: |
Gene replacement / 9.4.1: |
Antisense RNA / 9.4.2: |
Taxonomy, evolution and epidemiology / 9.5: |
Molecular taxonomy / 9.5.1: |
Diagnostic use of PCR / 9.5.2: |
Molecular epidemiology / 9.5.3: |
Gene mapping / 10.1: |
Conjugational analysis / 10.1.1: |
Co-transformation and co-transduction / 10.1.2: |
Molecular techniques for gene mapping / 10.1.3: |
Gene sequencing / 10.2: |
DNA sequence determination / 10.2.1: |
Genome sequencing / 10.2.2: |
Comparative genomics / 10.2.3: |
Bioinformatics / 10.2.4: |
Physical and genetic maps / 10.3: |
Deletions and insertions / 10.3.1: |
Transposon mutagenesis / 10.3.2: |
Site-directed mutagenesis / 10.3.3: |
Analysis of gene expression / 10.4: |
Transcriptional analysis / 10.4.1: |
Translational analysis / 10.4.2: |
Systematic analysis of gene function / 10.4.3: |
Conclusion / 10.5: |
Nucleic Acid Structure and Function / 1: |
Structure of nucleic acids / 1.1: |
DNA / 1.1.1: |
Mutation and Variation |
Regulation and Gene Expression / 1.1.2: |
RNA |