A model for plasmid maintenance of bacteriophage P1.
Studies of the stability of P1 plasmid in a P1 cry Escherichia coli lysogen have suggested a model for equipartition of plasmid copies. Equipartition might be controlled by the detachment of P1 copies after replication, followed by their reattachment to membrane sites, in coordination with bacterial division.
D002455:Cell Division; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D003090:Coliphages / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology; D008954:Models, Biological; D010957:Plasmids; D014779:Virus Replication