New quantitative methods for measuring plasmid loss rates reveal unexpected stability

Plasmid

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-361

  Lau, Billy T C ^a   Malkus, Per ^a   Paulsson, Johan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterselection; Fluctuation test; Plasmid loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME LOSS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

LURIA;

COUNTERSELECTION; FLUCTUATION TEST; PLASMID LOSS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84887627292     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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