Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility
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March 31, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
...partitioning each type of plasmid into a separate daughter cells (Figure 2) (Ebersbach et al., 2005). However...to plasmid loss (Diaz et al., 2015).
Figure 2: The partitioning problem.
For low copy plasmids...Plasmids. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 62(2): 434–464. Pubmed PMID: 9618448
Diaz R, Rech J, Bouet...model, termed the “handcuff” model, iterons of two separate plasmids bind to the same RepA molecules, forming...NTPase is recruited and “walks” each plasmid to a separate daughter cell. When plasmids are compatible, different...bind to each plasmid type, and different NTPases separate the plasmid pairs into the new daughter cells.... Pubmed PMID: 22153351
Shintani M, Sanchez ZK, Kimbara K (2015) Genomics of microbial plasmids: classification...