Electron microscope heteroduplex studies of sequence relationships among plasmids of the W incompatibility group

A. Patricia Gorai; Fred Heffron; Stanley Falkow; R. W. Hedges; Naomi Datta

doi:10.1016/0147-619X(79)90032-5

Electron microscope heteroduplex studies of sequence relationships among plasmids of the W incompatibility group

A. Patricia Gorai, Fred Heffron, Stanley Falkow, R. W. Hedges, Naomi Datta

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	485-492
Number of pages	8
Journal	Plasmid
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0147-619X(79)90032-5
State	Published - Jul 1979
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Electron microscope heteroduplex studies of sequence relationships among plasmids of the W incompatibility group

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