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. 1971 Apr;106(1):294–295. doi: 10.1128/jb.106.1.294-295.1971

Physical Studies of the Drug-Resistance Transfer Factor in Proteus

Daniel K Haapala a,1, Stanley Falkow a
PMCID: PMC248678  PMID: 4928015

Abstract

The transfer unit, RTF, derived from an R factor has been transferred to Proteus mirabilis and characterized physiochemically.

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