Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids
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...transduction (viral infection by bacteriophages), or conjugation (direct transfer from one cell to another). Bacteria...need special fertility genes to be capable of conjugation, and these are encoded by certain kinds of plasmids...to a recipient through direct contact. That’s conjugation! F factors can also be integrated into the bacterial...also have more than one function: for example, Gateway cloning relies on genes found on an E. coli fertility...contain this F plasmid is critical for successful Gateway cloning.
In addition, scientists have engineered...101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection
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