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Identification and characterization of RP1 Tra1 cistrons involved in pilus function and plasmid mobilization.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 1993
Fong S T, Stanisich V A
Abstract excerpt
Transfer-defective mutants of the Tra1 region of RP1 were isolated. Complementation studies involving stable heterozygotes combined with the mapping of Tn5 insertion mutations revealed two pilus cistrons, pilA and pilB, at positions 46.9 to 48.2 kb and 46.0 to 46.4 kb, respectively. All pilB mutants were Dps- (i.e., resistant to donor-specific phages PR4 and PRR1), whereas pilA mutants were Dps-...
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