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Conjugation proteins encoded by the F sex factor

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Chimaeric plasmids carrying Eco RI fragments of the F sex factor have been used to identify proteins involved in conjugation and to assign them to tra cistrons. Most of these proteins are incorporated into the cell envelope and are individually regulated at the post-transcriptional level.

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  1. Nicholas Kennedy

    Present address: Division of Virology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, NW7, UK

  2. Ron Skurray

    Present address: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

  3. Ursula Rahmsdorf

    Present address: Institut für Medizinische Chemie der Universität Innsbruck, Austria

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  1. Max-Planck Institut für molekulare Genetik, Abt. Trautner, Berlin, FRG

    Nicholas Kennedy, Lothar Beutin & Mark Achtman

  2. Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley

    Ron Skurray

  3. Max-Planck Institut für molekulare Genetik, Abt. Schuster, Berlin, FRG

    Ursula Rahmsdorf & Peter Herrlich

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Kennedy, N., Beutin, L., Achtman, M. et al. Conjugation proteins encoded by the F sex factor. Nature 270, 580–585 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270580a0

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