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The Facts and Family Secrets of Plasmids That Replicate via the Rolling-Circle Mechanism

Published:2021-12-08 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1092-2172
Container-title:Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Mol Biol Rev

Author:

Garcillán-Barcia M. Pilar¹,Pluta Radoslaw²^ORCID,Lorenzo-Díaz Fabián³,Bravo Alicia⁴,Espinosa Manuel⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), Universidad de Cantabria-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Santander, Spain

2. Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain

3. Grupo de Genómica y Salud, Departamento de Bioquímica, Microbiología, Biología Celular y Genética, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

4. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

Plasmids are self-replicative DNA elements that are transferred between bacteria. Plasmids encode not only antibiotic resistance genes but also adaptive genes that allow their hosts to colonize new niches.

Funder

Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology,Infectious Diseases

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/MMBR.00222-20

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