Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility
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...might affect your work, and how understanding it can be used for good.
First, why are plasmids incompatible...replication. However, in iteron-containing plasmids, RepA can also bind to its own promoter and inhibit its own...., 2015).
It is also worth noting that plasmids can be symmetrically incompatible, meaning that both ...the other, usually a smaller, higher copy plasmid can more effectively titrate replication or partitioning... of replication, the negative regulation system cannot distinguish between the different plasmids. The...to an identification issue: the CBPs in the cell can’t tell the difference between plasmids if they have...