This work offers a fascinating insight into a crucial genetic process. Recombination is, quite simply, one of the most important topics in contemporary biology. This book is a totally comprehensive treatment of the subject, summarizing all existing views on the topic and at the same time putting them into context. It provides in-depth and up-to-date analysis of the chapter topics, and has been written by international experts in the field.

Genetics of Recombination in the Model Bacterium Escherichia coli

Homologous Recombination in Low dC + dG Gram-Positive Bacteria
The Bacterial RecA Protein: Structure, Function, and Regulation
Biochemistry of Eukaryotic Homologous Recombination
DNA Helicases in Recombination
Holliday Junction Resolution
Replication Forks and Replication Checkpoints in Repair
Sister Chromatid Recombination
Mating-Type Switching in S. pombe
Multiple Mechanisms of Repairing Meganuclease-Induced Double-Strand DNA Breaks in Budding Yeast
The Cell Biology of Mitotic Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The cell biology of Homologous Recombination
BRCA2: Safeguarding the Genome Through Homologous Recombination
Meiotic Recombination
Site-specific Recombination
V(D)J Recombination: Mechanism and Consequences
Nonhomologous End-Joining: Mechanisms, Conservation, and Relationship to Illegitimate Recombination.-