Specifically, it is not known whether exposure to stressors may cause a community to alter its plasmid uptake ability. We assessed whether metals (Cu, Cd, Ni, Zn) and one metalloid (As), at ...

The measured plasmid numbers for total cellular and nuclear-associated fractions were normalized to the endogenous gene for β-actin. Uptake profiles for 25 kDa PEI and dodecylated 2 kDa PEI ...

Are DNA transformation and plasmid transformation the same? DNA transformation and plasmid transformation are the same thing: the uptake of genetic material from the environment by “competent” cells.

we carry out proof-of-concept experiments and show that we can use our CRISPR-Cas9 tool to protect a series of different isolates from the uptake of an antibiotic resistance plasmid, which ...