Minicells as a Damage Disposal Mechanism in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</named-content>

ABSTRACT Many bacteria produce small, spherical minicells that lack chromosomal DNA and therefore are unable to proliferate. Although minicells have been used extensively by researchers as a molecular tool, nothing is known about why bacteria produce them. Here, we show that minicells help Escherich...

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Main Authors: Camilla U. Rang, Audrey Proenca, Christen Buetz, Chao Shi, Lin Chao
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/32c9e586b00c4f4e92b3a67c1d0ed1b5
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