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Linear plasmids mobilize linear but not circular chromosomes in Streptomyces: support for the 'end first' model of conjugal transfer.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Sept 2011
Lee Hsuan-Hsuan, Hsu Chin-Chen, Lin Yen-Ling, Chen Carton W
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Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Streptomyces possess linear chromosomes and linear plasmids capped by terminal proteins covalently bound to the 5' ends of the DNA. The linearity of Streptomyces chromosomes raises the question of how they are transferred during conjugation, particularly when the mobilizing plasmids are also linear. The classical rolling circle replication model for transfer of circular...
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