Conjugative plasmids enable the maintenance of low cost non-transmissible plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 96-104

  Werisch, Martin ^a   Berger, Uta ^a   Berendonk, Thomas U ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; Individual based simulation model; Plasmid incompatibility; Plasmid interaction; Plasmid persistence; Transfer competence regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST CELL; PLASMID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC FITNESS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMIDS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85019038841     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2017.04.004     Document Type: Article

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