"Plasmids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D010957
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.600
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmids" by people in Profiles.
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Fixation dynamics of beneficial alleles in prokaryotic polyploid chromosomes and plasmids. Genetics. 2022 09 30; 222(2).
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Segregational Drift Constrains the Evolutionary Rate of Prokaryotic Plasmids. Mol Biol Evol. 2021 12 09; 38(12):5610-5624.
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Gene sharing among plasmids and chromosomes reveals barriers for antibiotic resistance gene transfer. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2022 01 17; 377(1842):20200467.
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Essential gene acquisition destabilizes plasmid inheritance. PLoS Genet. 2021 07; 17(7):e1009656.
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Darwinian individuality of extrachromosomal genetic elements calls for population genetics tinkering. Environ Microbiol Rep. 2021 02; 13(1):22-26.
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Plasmid evolution. Curr Biol. 2020 10 05; 30(19):R1158-R1163.
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Tracking of Antibiotic Resistance Transfer and Rapid Plasmid Evolution in a Hospital Setting by Nanopore Sequencing. mSphere. 2020 08 19; 5(4).
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Antibiotics Interfere with the Evolution of Plasmid Stability. Curr Biol. 2020 10 05; 30(19):3841-3847.e4.
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Quantification of Plasmid-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in an Experimental Evolution Approach. J Vis Exp. 2019 12 14; (154).
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Emergence of plasmid stability under non-selective conditions maintains antibiotic resistance. Nat Commun. 2019 06 13; 10(1):2595.
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