traJ independence in expression of traT on F.

AUTOR(ES)

Rashtchian, A

RESUMO

Studies of F plasmids in the same cell as a transfer-repressed IncFII R plasmid showed a 100 to 1,000-fold decrease in transfer and a 75-fold decrease in surface exclusion, but no detectable change was shown in the amount of TraTp synthesized. Moreover, a mutation in traJ on F which caused a 10(4)-fold reduction in transfer caused only a 3.6-fold decrease in TraTp. These two findings suggest that a significant amount of traT expression on F is independent of traJ. Furthermore, we showed, using immunoprecipitation of TraTp, that normal amounts of this protein could be present in the cell without producing normal levels of surface exclusion.

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