Determination of plasmid copy number reveals the total plasmid DNA amount is greater than the chromosomal DNA amount in Bacillus thuringiensis YBT-1520

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhong, Chunying ^a   Peng, Donghai ^a   Ye, Weixing ^a   Chai, Lujun ^a   Qi, Junliang ^a   Yu, Ziniu ^a   Ruan, Lifang ^a   Sun, Ming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE REPLICATION; GROWTH CURVE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; PLASMID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 79551572743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016025     Document Type: Article

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