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. 1984 Jun;158(3):997–1004. doi: 10.1128/jb.158.3.997-1004.1984

Physical and genetic analyses of the Inc-I alpha plasmid R64.

T Furuichi, T Komano, T Nisioka
PMCID: PMC215541  PMID: 6327656

Abstract

A 126-kilobase (kb) physical and genetic map of the Inc-I alpha plasmid R64 was constructed by using the restriction enzymes, BamHI, SalI, XhoI, HindIII, and EcoRI. The replication (Rep) and incompatability (Inc) functions of this plasmid were located in a 1.75-kb segment of an EcoRI fragment, E10 (3.3 kb). In addition, the genes determining growth inhibition of phage BF23 (Ibf), suppression of dnaG ( Sog ), resistance to tetracycline (Tetr), and resistance to streptomycin ( Strr ) were located on the 5.5-kb HindIII-XhoI fragment, the 8.1-kb EcoRI fragment (E5), the 4.6-kb HindIII fragment (H8), and the 4.1-kb HindIII fragment (H10), respectively. The map of R64 was compared with that of ColIb, which belongs to the Inc-I alpha group.

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