Broad Transfer Range of IncP1-Type Plasmid and Its Applications (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

Broad Transfer Range of IncP1-Type Plasmid and Its Applications

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Different from other type of plasmids, IncP1-type plasmid have very broad transfer range even to archaea and eukarya, and its analysis is applicable to both prevention of the spread of antibiotic resistance genes and gene introduction to various organisms.

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Kazuki Moriguchi, Hiroshima University

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