Plural of plasmid

Forms of plasmid

Plasmids in a sentence

• Bacteria are happy to absorb little rings of DNA called plasmids and adopt them as their own.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 247
• Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.From the entry extragenomic
• Plasmids with etpA-mapped, non-redundant insertions were digested with PmeI, and re-ligated to remove most of the transprimers.2008 December 7, Koushik Roy et al., “Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli EtpA mediates adhesion between flagella and host cells”, in Nature…. From the entry transprimers
• The construction of plasmids which facilitate the study of interplasmidic and intraplasmidic recombination is described.1981, A Laban, “Interplasmidic and intraplasmidic recombination in Escherichia coli K-12”, in Molecular and General Genetics. From the entry interplasmidic
• Such mechanisms, based on postsegregational cell killing, are also typical for other toxin-antitoxin modules that participate in maintenance of many bacterial plasmids.2016 February 6, “Plasmid pEC156, a Naturally Occurring Escherichia coli Genetic Element That Carries Genes of the EcoVIII…. From the entry postsegregational

Meaning of plasmid

1. noun A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are most commonly found in bacteria, but they are also sometimes found in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and they are used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.

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Questions about the plural of plasmid

What is the plural of plasmid?

The plural of plasmid is plasmids.

Is plasmid countable?

Plasmid is a countable noun.