Specifically, it is not known whether exposure to stressors may cause a community to alter its plasmid uptake ability. We assessed whether metals (Cu, Cd, Ni, Zn) and one metalloid (As), at ...

The mechanism whereby cationic lipids destabilize cell membranes to facilitate the intracellular delivery of macromolecules such as plasmid DNA ... membrane following uptake of nucleic acid ...