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. 1981 May;146(2):826–830. doi: 10.1128/jb.146.2.826-830.1981

Transformation of Streptococcus sanguis with monomeric pVA736 plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid.

F L Macrina, K R Jones, R A Welch
PMCID: PMC217034  PMID: 7217019

Abstract

Monomeric and oligomeric forms of a 5.0 x 10(6)-dalton plasmid (conferring erythromycin resistance) were able to genetically transform naturally competent Streptococcus sanguis. Transformation with electrophoretically purified monomer was a second-order process, whereas transformation with a dye-buoyant density gradient-purified plasmid preparation followed one-hit kinetics.

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