Plasmid at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Plasmid? Self-replicating, extrachromosomal circular DNA molecules, distinct from the normal bacterial genome and nonessential for the cell survival under nonselective conditions. Some plasmids are capable of integrating into the host genome. A number of artificia

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