"Plasmids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS.
| Descriptor ID |
D010957
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.600
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Plasmids" by people in this website by year, and whether "Plasmids" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 1999 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2000 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2001 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2004 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
| 2005 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2011 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmids" by people in Profiles.
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Insights Into Global Antimicrobial Resistance Dynamics Through the Sequencing of Enteric Bacteria From US International Travelers. J Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 17; 233(1):e164-e173.
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MultiSite Assembly of Gateway Induced Clones (MAGIC): a flexible cloning toolbox for use in vertebrate model systems. Development. 2025 Nov 15; 152(22).
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Coriander borne Salmonella superbug: genomic assessments of chromosomal and plasmid-associated resistance, virulence and MGEs of XDR Salmonella enterica Typhi NH1. Pathog Glob Health. 2025 Jul-Sep; 119(5-6):210-224.
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Identification of genetic determinants of antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori isolates in Vietnam by high-throughput sequencing. BMC Microbiol. 2025 May 02; 25(1):264.
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Conjugation's Toolkit: the Roles of Nonstructural Proteins in Bacterial Sex. J Bacteriol. 2023 03 21; 205(3):e0043822.
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Synthetic Assembly DNA Cloning to Build Plasmids for Multiplexed Transgenic Selection, Counterselection or Any Other Genetic Strategies Using Drosophila melanogaster. Curr Protoc. 2023 Feb; 3(2):e653.
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An expanded toolkit for Drosophila gene tagging using synthesized homology donor constructs for CRISPR-mediated homologous recombination. Elife. 2022 06 20; 11.
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Comparative genomics of the Western Hemisphere soft tick-borne relapsing fever borreliae highlights extensive plasmid diversity. BMC Genomics. 2022 May 31; 23(1):410.
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A broad-spectrum cloning vector that exists as both an integrated element and a free plasmid in Chlamydia trachomatis. PLoS One. 2021; 16(12):e0261088.
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Diversity and distribution of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 11; 15(11):e0009868.