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traG protein of the F sex factor of Escherichia coli K-12 and its role in conjugation.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 78 ·No. 12 ·1981-12-00 ·Pages 7487-91

Manning PA, Morelli G, Achtman M

Abstract

The traG protein of the F sex factor is an inner membrane protein with a molecular weight of 116,000. Mutants in traG (or in traN) are able to trigger conjugal DNA replication even though they cannot efficiently form stable mating aggregates with F(-) cells. The traG protein (and the traN protein) probably acts in the donor at the stabilization stage of conjugation.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Proteins/genetics,physiology Cell Compartmentation Conjugation, Genetic Escherichia coli/genetics,ultrastructure F Factor Membrane Proteins/physiology Molecular Weight Mutation
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins Membrane Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Manning P A
Morelli G
Achtman M
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.78.12.7487
Published
1981-12-00
Pages
7487-91
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC349293
Subset
IM
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