Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids
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...that allow their host organisms to thrive in competitive environments. The genes encoding these functions...triumph over your neighbors is to eliminate the competition, and Penicillium isn’t the only organism that... are also less aggressive ways to survive in competitive environments — like by living where no one else...to be active only in the presence of the target compound. These systems are a gold mine of parts for synthetic...Shareck et al., 2004).
Plasmid categorization is complex
Plasmid classification has shifted over the years...necessarily reflect genetic relationships or plasmid incompatibility.
Plasmids may also have more than one function...