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Minicells as a Damage Disposal Mechanism in Escherichia coli
Many bacteria produce small, spherical minicells that lack chromosomal DNA and therefore are unable to proliferate. Although minicells have been used extensively by researchers as a molecular tool, nothing is known about why bacteria produce them. Here, we show that minicells help Escherichia coli c...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30232168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00428-18 |