"Plasmids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS.
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D010957
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.600
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmids" by people in Profiles.
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Ligand-regulated internalization, trafficking, and down-regulation of guanylyl cyclase/atrial natriuretic peptide receptor-A in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. J Biol Chem. 2002 Feb 15; 277(7):4618-27.
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Translational enhancement of the poliovirus 5' noncoding region mediated by virus-encoded polypeptide 2A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Nov 01; 89(21):10272-6.