Characterization of the partitioning system of Myxococcus plasmid pMF1.

pMF1 is the only autonomously replicating plasmid that has been recently identified in myxobacteria. This study characterized the partitioning (par) system of this plasmid. The fragment that significantly increased the retaining stability of plasmids in Myxococcus cells in the absence of selective a...

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Main Authors: Xia Sun, Xiao-jing Chen, Jing Feng, Jing-yi Zhao, Yue-zhong Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3235114?pdf=render