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. 1973 Jan;3(1):99–104. doi: 10.1128/aac.3.1.99

Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferases Specified by fi− R Factors

T J Foster 1,2,1, W V Shaw 1,2
PMCID: PMC444367  PMID: 4597710

Abstract

Chloramphenicol acetyltransferases specified by fi− (F fertility-noninhibiting) R factors were compared with those specified by the fi+ R factors R1, 222, and R6-S. Three classes of enzyme were distinguished: class I was determined by group N fi− R factors and was indistinguishable from the enzyme determined by fi+ R factors, class II was correlated with group W fi− R factors, and class III was determined by R387, an unclassified fi− R factor.

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