Abstract
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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 485-492 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Plasmid |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1979 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology