Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility
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...protein (the CBP), and a partition NTPase (Schumacher, 2012). During cell division, CBPs bind to the ...daughter cell. When plasmids are compatible, different CBPs bind to each plasmid type, and different NTPases...centromere-like binding region compete for the same CBPs and NTPase to correctly partition plasmids to each...each daughter cell. When there are not enough CBPs and NTPase to go around, the plasmids are randomly ...incompatibility is due to an identification issue: the CBPs in the cell can’t tell the difference between plasmids...