In article <5lsfne$7ln$1 at newton.pacific.net.sg>, Oh Ui Seng
<"usoh at pacific.net.sg"@pacific.net.sg> wrote:
> Hello, can someone tell me what is CRYPTIC plasmid? Is it any
> difference from a 'normal' plasmid?
One definition of "cryptic" is "function unknown" (ie. has not YET been
shown to be involved in antibiotic resistance, plasmid
transfer/mobilization, etc.)
--
Karl Fischer
tyr-2 at bones.biochem.ualberta.ca
