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Microbial Linear Plasmids

Microbial Linear Plasmids

Hardcover

Series: Microbiology Monographs, Book 7

Medical ReferenceBiology

ISBN10: 3540720243
ISBN13: 9783540720249
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 29 2007
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

Linear plasmids of microbes represent a heterogenous group of extrachromosomal genetic elements initially assumed to be rare and peculiar. However, we now know that they are fairly frequently occurring plasmids in bacterial and eukaryotic species. Viral strategies to avoid shortening of the linear molecules during replication imply a common ancestry. Linear plasmids may be beneficial, neutral or detrimental for the respective host; functions include production of protein toxins, specific catabolic capabilities, antibiotic resistance, pathogenicity factors, and senescence induction.

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