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. 1973 Jan;113(1):71–75. doi: 10.1128/jb.113.1.71-75.1973

Effect on Exclusion of Alterations to the Sex Pilus

Elinor Meyneli a,1, Anna Ewins a,2
PMCID: PMC251603  PMID: 4567142

Abstract

Chromosomal genes from an Hfr donor, dependent for their transfer upon the integrated F factor, were not excluded by an F+ recipient when the donor also carried an F-like R factor, and its sex pili contained, in addition to F pilin, another pilin of a different specificity.

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