Article
Sequence alterations affecting F plasmid transfer gene expression: a conjugation system dependent on transcription by the RNA polymerase of phage T7.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 1992
Maneewannakul K, Maneewannakul S, Ippen-Ihler K
Abstract excerpt
We constructed derivatives of the Escherichia coli conjugative plasmid F that carry altered sequences in place of the major transfer operon promoter, PY. Replacement of PY with a promoter-deficient sequence resulted in a transfer-deficient, F-pilus-specific phage-resistant plasmid (pOX38-tra701) that could still express TraJ and TraT; TraY, F-pilin, TraD, and TraI were not detectable on Western blots. On a second...
Topics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Conjugation, Genetic
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- F Factor
- Fimbriae Proteins