Plasmids 101: A Brief History of Plasmids and an Improved eBook!
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Blog Post
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Oct. 29, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...tetracycline resistant plasmid, pSC101, and a newly developed kanamycin resistant plasmid, pSC102, with EcoRI...engineering, cloning, and plasmid tags, addtional content added to the "Plasmids that Glow" and "Viral Expression...Learn more about the history of plasmids and cloning:
CSHL Meeting: Plasmids: History & Biology
The Joshua...Lederberg's Personal Perspective: Plasmid (1952-1997)
Cohen, Stanley N. “DNA Cloning: A Personal View after...factors played within an organism.
So how did plasmids get their name?
In 1952, Joshua Lederberg set...inheritance factors. He proposed the catch-all term “plasmid” derived as a hybrid of "cytoplasm" and "id" (Latin...” was eventually dropped and we’ve been using "plasmid" ever since!
From napkins to notebooks
Although...