Diverse and abundant phages exploit conjugative plasmids by Natalia Quinones-Olvera, Siân V. Owen, Lucy M. McCully, Maximillian G. Marin, Eleanor A. Rand, Alice C. Fan, Oluremi J. Martins Dosumu, Kay Paul, Cleotilde E. Sanchez Castaño, Rachel Petherbridge, Jillian S. Paull, Michael Baym

“…While the majority of phages use chromosomally encoded cell surface structures as receptors, plasmid-dependent phages exploit plasmid-encoded conjugation proteins, making their host range dependent on horizontal transfer of the plasmid. …”
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Dynamics of Shigella intracellular replication and plasmid maintenance by Martyn, J

“…Subtle differences in plasmid maintenance systems and the targets of TA systems can have profound effects on plasmid biology.…”

Epidemiological studies of large resistance plasmids in Haemophilus. by Leaves, N, Dimopoulou, I, Hayes, I, Kerridge, S, Falla, T, Secka, O, Adegbola, R, Slack, M, Peto, T, Crook, D

“…A newly developed PCR-based assay was used to detect the plasmids. The target sequences were chosen from sequence analysis of part of p1056, a large multiresistance plasmid isolated from a clinical Hib isolate, 1056. …”

The basis of genetic rearrangements in mupirocin resistance plasmids by Needham, C, Needham, Christine

“…Initial investigations intended to identify mechanisms of gene flux resident on <em>mup</em>A plasmids revealed a family of related <em>mup</em>A plasmids, the p3356 family which includes three plasmid types: p3356, p3356D and p3358. …”

Progress and prospects: the design and production of plasmid vectors. by Gill, DR, Pringle, I, Hyde, S

“…Plasmid DNA (pDNA) expression vectors are fundamental to all forms of non-viral gene transfer. …”

Genes for cooperation are not more likely to be carried by plasmids by Dewar, AE, Belcher, LJ, Scott, TW, West, SA

“…Horizontal gene transfer, particularly via plasmids, has been suggested as a mechanism to stabilize cooperation. …”

Conjugation of plasmid harboring blaNDM-1 in a clinical Providencia rettgeri strain through the formation of a fusion plasmid by Meng Zhang, Meng Zhang, Yanhua Yu, Qian Wang, Ran Chen, Yueling Wang, Yuanyuan Bai, Zhen Song, Xinglun Lu, Yingying Hao, Yingying Hao

“…Providencia rettgeri 18004577 was found to have a genome assembly size of 4.6 Mb with a G + C content of 41%; a circular plasmid p18004577_NDM of 273.3 Kb, harboring an accessory multidrug-resistant region; and a circular, stable IncT plasmid p18004577_Rts of 146.2 Kb. …”
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Cryptic environmental conjugative plasmid recruits a novel hybrid transposon resulting in a new plasmid with higher dispersion potential by Iván Muñoz-Gutiérrez, Luis Cantu, Jack Shanahan, Miray Girguis, Marlene de la Cruz, Luis Mota-Bravo

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Molecular characterisation of the Chlamydia pecorum plasmid from porcine, ovine, bovine, and koala strains indicates plasmid-strain co-evolution by Martina Jelocnik, Nathan L. Bachmann, Helena Seth-Smith, Nicholas R. Thomson, Peter Timms, Adam M. Polkinghorne

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Evolutionary and functional divergence of Sfx, a plasmid-encoded H-NS homolog, underlies the regulation of IncX plasmid conjugation by Avril Wang, Martha Cordova, William Wiley Navarre

Subjects: “…plasmids…”
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Klebsiella pneumoniae multiresistance plasmid pMET1: similarity with the Yersinia pestis plasmid pCRY and integrative conjugative elements. by Alfonso J C Soler Bistué, Daniel Birshan, Andrew P Tomaras, Manisha Dandekar, Tung Tran, Jason Newmark, Duyen Bui, Nisha Gupta, Keziah Hernandez, Renee Sarno, Angeles Zorreguieta, Luis A Actis, Marcelo E Tolmasky

“…Dissemination of antimicrobial resistance genes has become an important public health and biodefense threat. Plasmids are important contributors to the rapid acquisition of antibiotic resistance by pathogenic bacteria.The nucleotide sequence of the Klebsiella pneumoniae multiresistance plasmid pMET1 comprises 41,723 bp and includes Tn1331.2, a transposon that carries the bla(TEM-1) gene and a perfect duplication of a 3-kbp region including the aac(6')-Ib, aadA1, and bla(OXA-9) genes. …”
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Prevalence of plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free Chlamydia trachomatis infection among women who visited obstetrics and gynecology clinics in Malaysia by Yeow, T.C., Wong, Won Fen, Sabet, N.S., Sulaiman, S., Shahhosseini, F., Tan, G.M.Y., Movahed, E., Looi, C.Y., Shankar, E.M., Gupta, R., Arulanandam, B.P., Hassan, Jamiyah, AbuBakar, Sazaly

“…Background: The 7.5 kb cryptic plasmid of Chlamydia trachomatis has been shown to be a virulence factor in animal models, but its significance in humans still remains unknown. …”

Plasmid Viability Depends on the Ecological Setting of Hosts within a Multiplasmid Community by Cindy Given, Reetta Penttinen, Matti Jalasvuori

Subjects: “…plasmid ecology…”
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Identification of Plasmid-Encoded sRNAs in a blaNDM-1-Harboring Multidrug-Resistance Plasmid pNDM-HK in Enterobacteriaceae by Hoi-Kuan Kong, Xuan Liu, Wai U. Lo, Qing Pan, Carmen O. K. Law, Ting F. Chan, Pak L. Ho, Terrence C. K. Lau

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Successful spread of mcr-1-bearing IncX4 plasmids is associated with variant in replication protein of IncX4 plasmids by Lingxian Yi, Kaiyang Yu, Guolong Gao, Rongmin Zhang, Luchao Lv, Daojin Yu, Jun Yang, Jian-Hua Liu

Subjects: “…IncX4 plasmids…”
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Comparative analysis of Listeria monocytogenes plasmid transcriptomes reveals common and plasmid‐specific gene expression patterns and high expression of noncoding RNAs by Justin M. Anast, Andrea J. Etter, Stephan Schmitz‐Esser

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Small plasmids harboring qnrB19: a model for plasmid evolution mediated by site-specific recombination at oriT and Xer sites. by Tran, T, Andres, P, Petroni, A, Soler-Bistué, A, Albornoz, E, Zorreguieta, A, Reyes-Lamothe, R, Sherratt, D, Corso, A, Tolmasky, M

“…Plasmids pPAB19-1, pPAB19-2, pPAB19-3, and pPAB19-4, isolated from Salmonella and Escherichia coli clinical strains from hospitals in Argentina, were completely sequenced. …”

Rapid procedure for detection and isolation of large and small plasmids / by 328276 Kado, C. I., Liu, S. T.

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The success of plasmid-encoded resistance genes in clinical bacteria / by 432726 Amyes, S. G. B.

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Purification of DNA containing plasmid using ultrafiltration membrane / by Kartika Sari Nordin, author, Nazlee Faisal Mohd. Ghazali, supervisor, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Kimia dan Kejuruteraan Sumber Asli