Plasmid
A small, self-replicating DNA ring separate from the chromosome, often carrying accessory genes.
At a glance
Key signals
0% cross fields · reaches 4 more
- Microbiology
- Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Explanation
- Examples
- Misconception
- Sourced relations 3
- Attribution
Dependencies
What this concept builds on and what it makes possible — derived from the atlas’s dependency, causal and structural relations, not from every related edge.
Enables · leads to
Bacterial straindepends onPlasmidEstablished
bacterial strain depends on plasmid.
Mechanism: Much of a strain's distinct behaviour rides on its plasmids.
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PlasmidenablesHorizontal gene transferEstablished
Open Horizontal gene transfer →
plasmid enables horizontal gene transfer.
Mechanism: Plasmids are the main vehicles that carry genes between bacteria.
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System context
Plasmidis aDNAEstablished
plasmid is a kind of DNA.
Mechanism: A plasmid is an independent DNA molecule inside the cell.
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Structural role & consequence
Interpreted from the current atlas graph — what the connections mean, not just how many there are.
Directly enables 1 concept; following enables/causes relations, 1 concept is downstream across 1 discipline.
structural · Follows only enables/causes dependency edges — not general relatedness.
Currently dark in the atlas: no key date stored · 3 of 3 of its relations lack claim-level evidence.
atlas representation · Describes the current Thinking OS representation, not the state of the world.
Structural neighbourhood: 3 → 30 → 106 concepts reachable within 3 hops.
structural · Structural reach — being reachable is not the same as being understood.
All 3 of its relationships stay within its own discipline — a field-specific concept in the current atlas.
structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.
cross-field
3 within-field, 0 cross-field
Strengths & constraints
Constraints
- Evidence coverage currently thin in the atlas — few of its relationships carry claim-level evidence. atlas representation
- No dated history stored — the atlas records no key date for this concept. atlas representation
Conditions
- Read structurally — most of its relationships carry no external evidence yet, so claims here are graph-derived. structural
Dependency radial
What this concept builds on (left) and what it makes possible (right) — derived from dependency and causal relations.
What builds on this
1 concept build on this directly, 1 in total, across 2 disciplines.
Structural downstream reach along dependency edges — not a claim of historical necessity.
Seen through each discipline
How this concept sits in each of its fields — derived from its real connections in the graph, not asserted.
Through this lens it connects to Bacterial strain.
Through this lens it connects to DNA, Horizontal gene transfer and Bacterial strain.
Related ideas to explore
Concepts that look related but are not yet connected here — candidates for a connection to reason about, not established links.
- Connects 3 other ideas across 3 disciplines.
- A cross-disciplinary bridge — its connections reach into 4 other fields.
- Most of its connections are of the “Kind & structure” kind.
Derived from the graph’s real structure — observations, not a score.
Sources
- Wikipedia (English & German editions) verifiedmoderate evidence
- Microbiology (OpenStax) (2016) verification pendingmoderate evidence