The partitioning and copy number control systems of the selfish yeast plasmid: An optimized molecular design for stable persistence in host cells

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yen Ting ^a   Sau, Saumitra ^a   Ma, Chien Hui ^a   Kachroo, Aashiq H ^a   Rowley, Paul A ^a   Chang, Keng Ming ^a   Fan, Hsiu Fang ^b   Jayaram, Makkuni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; METABOLISM; PLASMID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84958818404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.PLAS-0003-2013     Document Type: Article

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