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. 1987 Sep;169(9):4391–4392. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.9.4391-4392.1987

Integration host factor and conjugative transfer of the antibiotic resistance plasmid R100.

W B Dempsey
PMCID: PMC213759  PMID: 3305485

Abstract

Transfer of plasmid R100-1 was reduced 100-fold in the absence of integration host factor.

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