Plasmids are important “vehicles” for the communication of genetic information between
bacteria. The exchange of plasmids transmits pathogenically and environmentally relevant …

An essential feature of bacterial plasmids is their ability to replicate as autonomous genetic
elements in a controlled way within the host. Therefore, they can be used to explore the …

Geminiviruses are DNA viruses which infect plants. They have a small genome and encode
only a few proteins. Therefore, their DNA replication cycle relies largely on the use of cellular …

Plasmids contain a backbone of core genes that remains relatively stable for long
evolutionary periods, making sense to speak about plasmid species. The identification and …

Plasmids are and will remain important cloning vehicles for biotechnology. They have also
been associated with the spread of a number of diseases and therefore are a subject of …

Many bacterial plasmids replicate by a rolling-circle (RC) mechanism. Their replication
properties have many similarities to as well as significant differences from those of single …

Geminiviruses encode a replication initiator protein, Rep, which binds in a sequence-
specific fashion to iterated DNA motifs (iterons) functioning as essential elements for virus …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the molecular biology of mastreviruses, drawing
analogies where necessary from research on curtoviruses and begomoviruses. The …

This review provides a historical perspective of the major findings that contributed to our
current understanding of plasmid rolling-circle (RC) replication. Rolling-circle-replicating …

Mitochondrial DNA of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum comprises approximately
20 copies per cell of a 6 kb genome, arranged mainly as polydisperse linear concatemers. In …