A protein produced by male strains of Escherichia coli K-12 which increases the yield of recombinants in conjugation: its nature and mode of action |
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Authors: | D M Goldfarb G I Goldberg L S Chernin L A Gukova I D Avdienko B N Kuznetsova and I Ch Kushner |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of General Genetics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR |
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Abstract: | Summary A protein present in filtrates of E. coli K-12 male strains is responsible for their ability to increase the yield of recombinants in conjugation and to inhibit nitrogen mustard after-effect (NMAE) in F
- cells. The protein, designated recombination-stimulating factor (RSF), was purified 200–300 times from HfrC filtrate. Two Rsf- mutants of strain HfrC were isolated which fail to produce RSF; these mutations affect an episomal gene. RSF action involves the attachment of RSF to the F
- cell surface and requires the integrity of the RSF-cell complex. Some step of recombination after the transfer of the donor chromosomal fragment into the recipient is affected by RSF. |
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