Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools
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Blog Post
Published
Nov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m.
...more stable than the methyltransferase. When a plasmid is lost, the methyltransferase is degraded and/or...stabilized luciferase-expressing plasmids to examine in vivo-induced promoters in the Vibrio cholerae vaccine...ensure that plasmids are passed down through generations (Figure 1). These so called “plasmid addiction...composed of restriction endonucleases and methyltransferases. Restriction endonucleases cleave DNA at ...specific nucleotide sequences. To counter this, methyltransferases add methyl groups to bases at specific nucleotide...stably express antigens in sufficient quantities to generate an immune response. As a proof of concept, they...genes that couple host cell division to plasmid proliferation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...