... Such plasmids are known as multimers, and they are the result of multiple plasmid copies combining in...in a process known as plasmid multimerization.
Plasmid Multimerization
Early studies on plasmid topology...various multimeric forms (e.g. concatemers, dimers, trimers, tetramers). Since then, multimerization has ...plasmid multimers function just as well as monomers. However, due to their larger size, multimers may exhibit... detecting plasmid multimers. Digests themselves cannot be used to detect multimers, since restriction...frequency of multimerization, and in some cases completely prevent the formation of plasmid multimers (Bedbrook... pUC multimerization was reduced by growing seed stocks at 30°C compared to 42°C.
Screen multiple colonies...