Open AccessCycle‐specific replication of chromosomal and F‐plasmid origins
Author(s) -
Cooper Stephen,
Keasling Jay D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13048.x
Subject(s) - plasmid , biology , cell cycle , cell division , genetics , escherichia coli , origin of replication , dna replication , gene duplication , chromosome , replication (statistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , cell , virology
There have been various proposals for the pattern of F‐plasmid replication during the division cycle. Here we show that the recent studies of Gordon et al. (Cell 90, 1113–1121, 1997) on the duplication and segregation of green fluorescent protein (GFP) labeled replication origins of the Escherichia coli chromosome and the F plasmid during the division cycle support the proposal that the F plasmid replicates with a cell‐cycle‐specific (artiocyclic) pattern.