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Sex Pheromone CAD1 in Streptococcus Faecalis: Induction of a Function Related to Plasmid Transfer

Overview
Journal J Bacteriol
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
Specialty Microbiology
Date 1980 Aug 1
PMID 6782073
Citations 27
Authors
D B Clewell
B L Brown
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Abstract

In short matings between two donor strains with distinguishable isogenic conjugative plasmids (derivatives of pAD1), only the strain preexposed to the sex pheromone cAD1 behaved as a donor.

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