title: Aspects of plasmid F maintenance in Escherichia coli.
abstract: A major class of replicons in procaryotes is typified by low copy number, nonrandom intracellular distribution, and stable inheritance. Included in this class are chromosomes of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria as well as a number of plasmids from these organisms. Replicons in this major class have remarkable structural and functional similarities in the genes that effect and control replication. In the present work a review of plasmid F is presented as a paradigm for many aspects of this group's maintenance features.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005144:F Factor; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012093:Replicon
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial