ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE HETERODUPLEX STUDIES OF SEQUENCE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PLASMIDS OF THE W-INCOMPATIBILITY GROUP

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GORAI, AP [1 ]
HEFFRON, F [1 ]
FALKOW, S [1 ]
HEDGES, RW [1 ]
DATTA, N [1 ]
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[1] ROYAL POSTGRAD MED SCH,DEPT BACTERIOL,LONDON W12 0HS,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0147-619X(79)90032-5
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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Several plasmids of the W incompatibility group were examined by electron microscope heteroduplex analysis. They were all conjugative plasmids of about 20 × 106 daltons even though isolated from different bacterial species in different parts of the world. One stretch of DNA of about 13 × 106 daltons was common to all W plasmids. This region included genes associated with plasmid transfer. The various drug resistance genes, including a known transposition sequence, were clustered in a single region of the W plasmid chromosome. © 1979.
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