The 2 micron plasmid of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A miniaturized selfish genome with optimized functional competence

Plasmid

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-17

  Chan, Keng Ming ^a   Liu, Yen Ting ^a   Ma, Chien Hui ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a   Sau, Soumitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome hitchhiking; Difference topology; Plasmid amplification; Plasmid partitioning; Selfish DNA; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; PROTEIN FLP; PROTEIN REP1; PROTEIN REP2; RECOMBINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BIOENGINEERING; BUDDING; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; FLP GENE; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOIDY; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEADY STATE; SUMOYLATION; YEAST CELL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84879177035     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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