title: Assessment of quantitative models for plasmid ColE1 copy number control.
abstract: Two quantitative models of plasmid ColE1 copy number control are compared with respect to mathematical logic of derivation and application to experimental observations. Explanatory background material and clarifications are supplied for selected aspects of each model. Contrasting features are emphasized and experiments are suggested to distinguish between predictions of the models.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47401, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merlin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Polisky
mesh_terms: D003086:Bacteriocin Plasmids / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D008957:Models, Genetic; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C042027:RNA I; C034477:RNA primers; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012313:RNA