Regulation of pSYSA defense plasmid copy number in Synechocystis through RNase E and a highly transcribed asRNA
A. Kaltenbrunner, V. Reimann, U. A. Hoffmann, T. Aoyagi, M. Sakata, K. Nimura-Matsune, S. Watanabe, C. Steglich, A. Wilde, W. R. Hess
The paper identifies a regulatory mechanism for pSYSA plasmid copy number in Synechocystis involving RNase E and an antisense RNA, revealing a novel replication system with implications for synthetic biology.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology