Membrane Attachment of R-Factor Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Compatible and Incompatible Cell Pairs Following Conjugation

1 January 1973

journal article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology

Vol. 115 (3) , 1208-1211
https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.115.3.1208-1211.1973

Abstract

Superinfection of an Escherichia coli R⁺ strain with a closely related R-factor was associated with the accumulation of replicative intermediates of the superinfecting deoxyribonucleic acid. This deoxyribonucleic acid remains associated with a rapidly sedimenting cell component.

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