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Plasmid Evolution

Plasmid Evolution is a theoretical framework within microbial molecular evolution that specifically accounts for the dynamic processes—such as horizontal gene transfer, recombination, mutation, and selective maintenance—driving the diversification and adaptation of plasmids as autonomous, extrachromosomal genetic elements in bacterial populations.

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A ten-minute DNA preparation from yeast efficiently releases autonomous plasmids for transformaion of Escherichia coli

Charles S. Hoffman, Fred Winston · Gene · 1987 · 2.5K citations

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A bacterial genome in flux: the twelve linear and nine circular extrachromosomal DNAs in an infectious isolate of the Lyme disease spirochete <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>

Sherwood Casjens, N. Palmer, R van Vugt et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2000 · 862 citations

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Uniform nomenclature for bacterial plasmids: a proposal

Richard P. Novick, Royston C. Clowes, Stanley N. Cohen et al. · Bacteriological Reviews · 1976 · 573 citations · Full text

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A set of recombineering plasmids for gram-negative bacteria

Simanti Datta, Nina Costantino, Donald L. Court · Gene · 2006 · 555 citations

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A Brief Overview of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Its Plasmid O157

Ji Youn Lim, JangWon Yoon, Carolyn J. Hovde · Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2010 · 548 citations · Full text

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  1. EM
    Eva M. Top

    University of Idaho, United States

    31 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. MA
    Michael A. Brockhurst

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. AP
    Alfred Pühler

    Bielefeld University, Germany

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. EH
    Ellie Harrison

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

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    Álvaro San Millán

    Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria, Spain

    15 publications · 1.4K citations

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  1. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    108 publications

    7.8K citations

  2. University of Idaho

    Moscow, United States

    26 h-index

    124 publications

    11K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    130 publications

    8.4K citations

  4. Bielefeld University

    Bielefeld, Germany

    24 h-index

    96 publications

    7.8K citations

  5. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    79 publications

    4.9K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    68 publications

    5.7K citations

  7. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    20 h-index

    93 publications

    5.5K citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    85 publications

    6.4K citations

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  1. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 170 publications · 11K citations

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  2. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

    AAC · 103 publications · 6.3K citations

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  3. Molecular and General Genetics MGG

    109 publications · 5.2K citations

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  4. Plasmid

    224 publications · 8.1K citations

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  5. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 65 publications · 3.2K citations

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