Imagine that you are a low-copy extra-chromosomal genetic elements invading a host cell. What’s your best strategy to survive? Check our new study of prokaryotic
#plasmid for the answer!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... led by Johannes Effe with
@iwangtoknow.bsky.social and more! (not on bsky)
Persistence of large conjugative plasmids relies on the combination of active partitioning and addiction mechanisms
Extrachromosomal and mobile genetic elements, including transposable elements, plasmids, and accessory chromosomes, are found across all domains of life. The replication and segregation of elements in...
