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Essential gene acquisition destabilizes plasmid inheritance
Extra-chromosomal genetic elements are important drivers of evolutionary transformations and ecological adaptations in prokaryotes with their evolutionary success often depending on their ‘utility’ to the host. Examples are plasmids encoding antibiotic resistance genes, which are known to proliferat...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34252089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009656 |