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Extrachromosomal Elements in Lower Eukaryotes

  • Reed B. Wickner
  • Alan Hinnebusch
  • Alan M. Lambowitz
  • I. C. Gunsalus
  • Alexander Hollaender
  • John R. PreerJr.
  • Laurens Mets
  • Richard I. Gumport
  • Claire M. Wilson
  • Gregory Kuny
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Part of the Basic Life Sciences book series (BLSC, volume 40)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Reed B. Wickner
      Pages 1-2

  3. Organellar Genomes

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 3-3
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    2. Mitochondrial Introns as Mobile Genetic Elements: the Role of Intron-Encoded Proteins
      B. Dujon, L. Colleaux, A. Jacquier, F. Michel, C. Monteilhet
      Pages 5-27
    3. Mobile Elements in the Yeast Mitochondrial Genome
      Ronald A. Butow, Andrew R. Zinn
      Pages 29-37
    4. Mitochondrial Gene Expression in Yeast: Further Studies of a Self-Splicing Group II Intron
      Philip S. Perlman, Kevin A. Jarrell, Rosemary C. Dietrich, Craig L. Peebles, Steven L. Romiti, Ethan J. Benatan
      Pages 39-55
    5. The Mitochondrial DNA of Neurospora Crassa: Deletion by Intramolecular Recombination and the Expression of Mitochondrial Genes
      Hans de Vries, Cobi Schrage, Jenny C. De Jonge
      Pages 57-65
    6. Initiation of Chloroplast DNA Replication in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii
      Madeline Wu, J. K. Lou, C. H. Chang, Z. Q. Nie, X. M. Wang
      Pages 67-80

  4. Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Plasmids

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 81-81
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    2. Mitochondrial Plasmids of Neurospora and other Filamentous Fungi
      Alan M. Lambowitz, Robert A. Akins, Robert L. Kelley, Suchira Pande, Frank E. Nargang
      Pages 83-92
    3. The kalilo Senescence Factor of Neurospora Intermedia: A Mitochondrial is-Element Derived from a Nuclear Plasmid
      Helmut Bertrand
      Pages 93-103
    4. Mitochondrial Plasmids in Cochliobolus Heterostrophus
      Robert C. Garber, J. J. Lin, O. C. Yoder
      Pages 105-118
    5. Linear Plasmids in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Claviceps Purpurea
      Paul Tudzynski, Andrea Düvell, Birgitt Oeser
      Pages 119-127
    6. Mitochondrial Excision-Amplification Plasmids in Senescent and Long-Lived Cultures of Podospora Anserina
      Donald J. Cummings, Mitchell S. Turker, Joanne M. Domenico
      Pages 129-146

  5. Double-Stranded RNA Genomes

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 147-147
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    2. Overview of Double-Stranded RNA Replication In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
      Reed B. Wickner, Tsutomu Fujimura, Rosa Esteban
      Pages 149-163
    3. Molecular Characterization of Chromosomal Genes Affecting Double-Stranded RNA Replication in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
      Tateo Icho, Hyun-Sook Lee, Steve S. Sommer, Reed B. Wickner
      Pages 165-171
    4. The Replication of Double-Stranded RNA
      Anita M. Newman, Calvin S. McLaughlin
      Pages 173-187
    5. Structure and Function of the PET18 Locus of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
      A. Toh-e, Y. Sahashi
      Pages 189-202
    6. Sequence of the M1-2 Region of Killer Virus Double-Stranded RNA
      Denise E. Georgopoulos, Ernest M. Hannig, Michael J. Leibowitz
      Pages 203-213
    7. Analysis and Utilization of the Preprotoxin Gene Encoded in the M1 Double-Stranded RNA of Yeast
      Nigel Skipper
      Pages 215-226
    8. Double-Stranded RNA and Hypovirulence of Endothia Parasitica
      Neal K. Van Alfen
      Pages 227-238
    9. Ustilago Maydis Virus-Encoded Killer System
      Y. Koltin
      Pages 239-257

  6. Symbionts

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 259-259
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    2. Symbionts: An Overview
      John R. Preer Jr.
      Pages 261-264
    3. Extrachromosomal Elements of Extrachromosomal Elements of Paramecium and Their Extrachromosomal Elements
      Robert L. Quackenbush, Betty Jo Cox, Joseph A. Kanabrocki
      Pages 265-278
    4. The Importance of the Refractile Body in Expression of the Killer Trait in Paramecium
      Judith A. Dilts
      Pages 279-289
    5. Structure and Characterization of Extrachromosomal DNA of Killer Xenosomes, Intracellular Symbionts of a Marine Protozoan
      A. T. Soldo, S. A. Brickson, A. Freytag
      Pages 291-302
    6. Genetic Properties of Linkage Group XIX in Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii
      Susan K. Dutcher
      Pages 303-325
    7. Omikron and Omikron-Like Endosymbionts of Euplotes
      Klaus Heckmann, Helmut J. Schmidt, Masahiro Fujishima
      Pages 327-335
    8. Chlorella Algal Viruses
      James L. Van Etten, Yuannan Xia, Kenneth E. Narva, Russel H. Meints
      Pages 337-347
    9. Virus-Like Particles in a Soil Ameboflagellate, Naegleria Gruberi
      Frederick L. Schuster, T. H. Dunnebacke
      Pages 349-362
    10. Bacterial Endosymbionts as Extrachromosomal Elements in Amebas
      Kwang W. Jeon
      Pages 363-371

  7. Nuclear DNA Plasmids

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 373-373
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    2. Survival Strategies of the Yeast Plasmid Two-Micron Circle
      Fredric C. Volkert, Ling-Chuan Chen Wu, Paul A. Fisher, James R. Broach
      Pages 375-396
    3. Site-Specific Recombination Promoted in Vitro by the FLP Protein of the Yeast Two-Micron Plasmid
      Julie F. Senecoff, Robert C. Bruckner, Leslie Meyer-Leon, Cynthia A. Gates, Elizabeth Wood, Scott W. Umlauf et al.
      Pages 397-405
    4. Site-Specific Recombination of the Yeast Plasmid Two-Micron Circle: Intermediates in the Binding Process
      Brenda J. Andrews, Linda G. Beatty, Paul D. Sadowski
      Pages 407-424
    5. Two-Micron DNA-Like Plasmids from Non-Saccharomyces Yeasts
      A. Toh-e, I. Utatsu, A. Utsunomiya, S. Sakamoto, T. Imura
      Pages 425-437
    6. Extrachromosomal DNA Elements in the Nucleus of Dictyostelium Discoideum
      Keith L. Williams
      Pages 439-447
    7. Some Structural Aspects of Linear DNA Plasmids in Yeast
      Norio Gunge
      Pages 449-461
    8. Yeast DNA Replication
      Judith L. Campbell, Martin Budd, Colin Gordon, Ambrose Jong, Kevin Sweder, Alexander Oehm et al.
      Pages 463-478
    9. Structural Studies on Centromeres in the Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
      Ray Ng, Janice Ness, John Carbon
      Pages 479-492
    10. Distribution of Telomere-Associated Sequences in Yeast
      Virginia A. Zakian, Harriet M. Blanton, Liebchen Wetzel
      Pages 493-498
    11. Host Factors in Nuclear Plasmid Maintenance in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
      Bik-Kwoon Tye, Pratima Sinha, Richard Surosky, Susan Gibson, Gregory Maine, Shlomo Eisenberg
      Pages 499-510

  8. Gene Expression

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 511-511
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    2. Regulation of the Yeast CYC1 Gene
      Leonard P. Guarente
      Pages 513-518
    3. Gene Cloning and Mutant Isolation of Subunits of RNA Polymerases in the Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
      Pierre Thuriaux, Carl Mann, Jean-Marie Buhler, Isabelle Treich, Rosmarie Gudenus, Sylvie Mariotte et al.
      Pages 519-531
    4. Translation, Post-Translational Processing, and Mitochondrial Translocation of Yeast Iso-1-Cytochrome c
      Fred Sherman
      Pages 533-544
    5. Control of Yeast Gene Expression by Transposable Elements
      G. Shirleen Roeder, Leslie R. Coney, Ronald E. Pearlman, Alan B. Rose
      Pages 545-555
  9. Back Matter
    Pages 557-568
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About this book

Keywords

DNA RNA Telomere biotechnology chromosome diabetes diseases gene expression genes genetics hormone molecular biology oncogenes sex translation

Editors and affiliations

  • Reed B. Wickner
    • 1
  • Alan Hinnebusch
    • 1
  • Alan M. Lambowitz
    • 2
  • I. C. Gunsalus
    • 3
  • Alexander Hollaender
    • 4
  • John R. PreerJr.
    • 5
  • Laurens Mets
    • 6
  • Richard I. Gumport
    • 3
  • Claire M. Wilson
    • 4
  • Gregory Kuny
    • 4
  1. 1.National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUSA
  2. 2.Ohio State UniversityColumbusUSA
  3. 3.University of IllinoisUrbanaUSA
  4. 4.Conuncil for Reasearch Planning in Biological Sciences, Inc.USA
  5. 5.Indiana UniversityBloomingtonUSA
  6. 6.University of ChicagoChicagoUSA

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