[
UK
/plˈæzmɪd/
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NOUN
- a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
How To Use plasmid In A Sentence
- Single radiolabelled colonies harbouring plasmids with inserts bigger than 1000 bp were analysed further.
- Methods: The restriction endonuclease and T 4 DNA ligase were used to construct the vector plasmid.
- Results PCR, restriction endonuclease method and direct sequence analysis demonstrated that plasmids of YMDD, YVDD and YIDD were constructed successfully.
- Plasmid DNA was prepared using the Qiagen plasmid purification system.
- Agrobacteria gene movements have produced second chromosomes derived from plasmids, while in the biovar II strain K84 the plasmid-based replicon has yet to reach second chromosome status. Health News from Medical News Today
- Yersinia pestis in the 109 samples from the cemetery in East Smithfield, his lab employed a sort of sensitive fishing technique, using tiny segments of DNA that matched up with segments from a ring of DNA, called a plasmid, found in the bacterium. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- 1987 (Burke et al. 1987) permitted much larger segments of DNA to be ordered and stored for sequencing than was possible with plasmid or cosmid libraries. The Human Genome Project
- Objective To construct the plasmid expressing BDV p 40 gene.
- Biological containment involves crippling the plasmid vector and its bacterial host so that they will not be able to survive outside the laboratory.
- That vehicle (often a subcellular structure called a plasmid) is then inserted into a different cell, which activates the gene, leading to the production of a scientifically or commercially useful protein. Scientists create cell based on man-made genetic instructions