Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes
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... presence of a plasmid is disadvantageous from the bacterium's perspective – a plasmid-containing cell...cell must replicate the plasmid in addition to its own chromosomal DNA, costing additional resources to ...to maintain the plasmid. Adding an antibiotic resistance gene to the plasmid solves both problems at once...Biology Reference Pages
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...think about how much easier it makes our lives. Plasmid transformation into E. coli is a fairly inefficient... which cells successfully received the correct plasmid, scientists would spend hours to days trying find...once – it allows a scientist to easily detect plasmid-containing bacteria when the cells are grown on ...