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How to use plasmid in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Plasmid means 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. Example: “Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.”

Examples of plasmid by meaning

nounA loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are...

  • At the risk of adding to this list, I propose plasmid as a generic term for any extrachromosomal hereditary determinant.1952 October, J. Lederberg, “Cell genetics and hereditary symbiosis”, in Physiological Reviews, volume 32, number 4, page 403
  • This is how the F (for "fertility") plasmid, which forms the basis of a lot of classical E. coli genetics, is transferred from one cell to another.1995, Christopher Howe, Gene Cloning and Manipulation, page 144
  • 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

More sentences with plasmid

  • Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.From the entry extragenomic
  • They studied plasmid transfer in a mycobacterial model.From the entry model
  • 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
  • High expression rates and multicopies of the plasmid have resulted in very high yields of individual proteins.1981, New Scientist (volume 91, number 1270, page 666). From the entry multicopies
  • 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
  • The repressibility of both circuits was tested by generating λCl repressors from an HrpRS AND gate in a separate plasmid.2015 June 16, Adison Wong et al., “Layering genetic circuits to build a single cell, bacterial half adder”, in BMC Biology, volume 13, →DOI. From the entry repressibility
  • Always cotransfect it with the negative control plasmid.2007, Christian Frezza et al., “Measuring Mitochondrial Shape Changes and Their Consequences on Mitochondrial Involvement During…. From the entry cotransfect
  • 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
  • Because of the diverse structures of the protein components of relaxasomes and transferosomes, the function of each plasmid protein cannot be definitively ascertained.2015 October 15, “Complete Genome Sequence of Thermus aquaticus Y51MC23”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry transferosomes
  • From this point, the logical steps are to isolate the plasmid cDNAs, and retransfect yeasts in order to be sure that the effects are mediated by the plasmid.1999, Monica Corada, Adhesion Protein Protocols, page 217. From the entry retransfect

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 plasmid in a sentence

How do you use plasmid in a sentence?
Plasmid is used as a noun. For example: “Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.”
What is a short sentence with plasmid?
“Always cotransfect it with the negative control plasmid.”
What does plasmid mean?
Plasmid means 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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