DNA Homology of the Promoter-distal Regions of the Tra Operons of Sex Factors F and R100 in Escherichia Coli K-12

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1982 Apr 1

PMID 6277869

Citations 8

Authors

P A Manning

G Morelli

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Abstract

The promoter-distal regions of the tra operons of F and R100-1 were analyzed by heteroduplex analysis, and the regions of nonhomology were identified. A common EcoRI restriction site was shown to be present, and this has allowed the physical maps to be aligned.

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