Stable propagation of 'selfish' genetic elements

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 623-636

  Velmurugan, Soundarapandian ^a   Mehta, Shwetal ^a   Uzri, Dina ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial plasmids; Cohesion complex; Copy number control; Plasmid segragation; Selfish DNA; Yeast 2 micron

Indexed keywords

ENDOSYMBIONT; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; EUKARYOTE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0141479064     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703338     Document Type: Review

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