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Plasmid loss: the role of conjugation and copy number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Warren W. Esty
Warren W. Esty*
Affiliation:
Montana State University
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Plasmids are subcellular particles somewhat similar to, but sirnpler than, viruses. A small part of the host cell's genome, they multiply independently within host cells and are apparently inherited in a random manner. They code important genetic traits not normally encoded and are responsible for several plant and animal diseases; they can also confer the ability to resist a wide variety of toxic agents.

Type
Applied Probability in Biology and Engineering. An ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Meeting
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 1984 , pp. 28
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1984 

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