Genetically engineered plasmid can be used to fight antimicrobial resistance Date: September 16, 2019 Source: American Society for Microbiology Summary: Researchers have engineered a plasmid to ...

"Many plasmids carry 10 to 15 antibiotic resistance-causing genes, and when they transfer from one bacterial cell to another, two important things happen. "Firstly, the plasmid is copied so that ...

John Innes Center researchers and partners used a model plasmid called RK2 that is used globally to study clinically relevant plasmids that transmit antimicrobial resistance. The study ...

John Innes Centre researchers and partners used a model plasmid called RK2 that is used globally to study clinically relevant plasmids that transmit antimicrobial resistance. Their initial focus ...

In this system, the resistance plasmid carries a stable toxin and an unstable antidote into the host cell. If the plasmid is lost from the cell, the antidote breaks down, leaving the harmful toxin ...

Plasmids containing genes that confer resistance to antibiotics can be ... one susceptiblensitive to antibiotics and one resistant with a plasmid, to grow together in a culture with small amounts ...

Birmingham scientists have identified essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to ‘displace’ antibiotic resistance genes from bacteria. Plasmids, which are small, circular ...