Plasmid segregation: how to survive as an extra piece of DNA.
Non-essential extra-chromosomal DNA elements such as plasmids are responsible for their own propagation in dividing host cells, and one means to ensure this is to carry a miniature active segregation system reminiscent of the mitotic spindle. Plasmids that are maintained at low numbers in prokaryoti...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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2010
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