| supercoiled plasmid | <molecular biology> The predominant in vivo form of plasmids, in which the plasmid is coiled around histone-like proteins. Supporting proteins are stripped away during extraction from the bacterial cell, causing the plasmid molecule to supercoil around itself in vitro. (19 Jan 1998) |
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| infectious plasmid | Self-transmissible plasmid, a plasmid which encodes all the functions needed for its own intercellular transmission by conjugation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Ti plasmid | <molecular biology> Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, transferred to higher plant cells in crown gall disease, carrying the T DNA that is incorporated into the plant cell genome. Used as a vector to introduce foreign DNA into plant cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| transmissible plasmid | Self-transmissible plasmid, a plasmid which encodes all the functions needed for its own intercellular transmission by conjugation. (09 Oct 1997) |
| killer plasmid | <molecular biology> These plasmids are found in some strains of Kluyveromyces marxianus where the cells contain multiple cytoplasmic copies of dsDNA plasmids. Such cells secrete a glycoprotein toxin. The plasmids and the killer function can be transferred to yeast. (18 Nov 1997) |
| F plasmid | The prototype conjugative plasmid associated with conjugation in the K-12 strain of Escherichia coli. Synonym: F agent, F-factor, F genote, F-genote, fertility agent, fertility factor, sex factor. (05 Mar 2000) |