Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?
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Blog Post
... more functional benefits to the host such as resistance to antibiotics, degradative functions, and/or...advantageous for survival, such as an antibiotic resistance gene.
In contrast, plasmids utilized in the ...recruiting replication machinery proteins
Antibiotic Resistance Gene
Allows for selection of plasmid-containing... obtained.
Selectable Marker
The antibiotic resistance gene allows for selection in bacteria. However...