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Arindam Paul posted an Question
January 14, 2021 • 23:27 pm 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Biotechnology (BT)

Can a cell contain more than one plasmid ?

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    Arindam paul

    Mam , can origin of replication be more than one in a plasmid?

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    Yogita Basnal Best Answer

    Yes. Such plasmids are known as multicopy plasmids. Their concentration may exceed even 40 per cell. The reason why number of plasmids differ from cell to cell is the ori and it's components.

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