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Initiation of DNA synthesis in the transfer origin region of RK2 by the plasmid-encoded primase: detection using defective M13 phage.
Plasmid - 1 Jan 1990
Yakobson E, Deiss C, Hirata K, Guiney D G
Abstract excerpt
The broad host range IncP (IncP1) plasmids of gram-negative bacteria encode DNA primases that are involved in conjugal DNA synthesis. The primase of RK2/RP4 is required for efficient DNA transfer to certain gram-negative bacteria, indicating that the enzyme primes complementary strand synthesis in the recipient. In vitro, the primase initiates synthesis of oligoribonucleotides at 3'-dGdT-5' dinucleotides on the...
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