Transposable Elements

Heinz Saedler, Alfons Gierl (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 234 Seiten

2012 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-79797-2 (ISBN)

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Most genes are lined up on chromosomes like pearls on a string. However, a certain class of genes differ by being highly mobile; and the mecha they are termed transposons. Their properties of transposition will be described in this book. nism is the rule, irregularities like a spot on a Where uniformity plain-coloured surface strike the eye. Thus the phenomenon of has long been a source of fascina variegation among organisms In plants, variegation is most easily recognised as irregulari tion. in pigment patterns on leaves, flowers and seeds, but other ties as leaf or flower form might also show characteristics such In 1588, such a variegation pattern was described in variegation. kernels of Zea mays by Jacob Theodor of Bergzabern, a village is so detailed that if south of Strasbourg. The report by Theodor one counts the different kernel phenotypes described it be is looking at a Mendelian segrega comes clear that the author had tion. It goes without saying that Latin-American Indians already bred such variegated material much earlier, but no descriptions have yet been uncovered. Meanwhile, genetically heritable variegation patterns have been described at many different loci in more than 34 different plant species.

List of Contents.- Bacterial Insertion Sequences.- Transposon Tn7.- Tn10 and IS 10 Transposition and Chromosome Rearrangements: Mechanism and Regulation In Vivo and In Vitro.- Transposition of Phage Mu DNA.- P Elements in Drosophila.- The Tc1/ mariner Transposon Family.- The En/Spm Transposable Element of Maize.- The Maize Transposable Element Activator (Ac).- The Mutator Transposable Element System of Maize.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.1.2012
Reihe/Serie	Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Zusatzinfo	IX, 234 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	381 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
Schlagworte	Bacteria • chromosome • DNA • Drosophila • Evolution • Genom • Genome • Genome Rearrangements • Gentechnologie • plants • Regulation • Transposable elements • Transposition • Vivo
ISBN-10	3-642-79797-0 / 3642797970
ISBN-13	978-3-642-79797-2 / 9783642797972
Zustand	Neuware