Transition of the R Factor R12 in Proteus mirabilis
AUTOR(ES)
Morris, C. F.
RESUMO
When Proteus mirabilis harboring the R factor R12 (a round of replication mutant of the R factor NR1) is cultured in medium containing streptomycin there can be an amplification in the number of copies of r-determinants per cell and the formation of enlarged polygenic R factors containing repeated sequences of r-determinants as well as polygenic molecules consisting of repeated sequences of r-determinants. This phenomenon has been referred to as the “transition.” When transitioned cells are then cultured in drug-free medium, within a few generations two distinct density species of R factor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are observed in a CsCl density gradient: a 1.712 g/ml band of covalently closed circular R factor DNA consisting of one transfer factor (RTF-TC) plus one r-determinant and a 1.718 g/ml band consisting of repeated sequences of r-determinants. The RTF-TC component of the R factor appears to control the replication of all the R factor DNA which is attached to it. In the autonomous state, however, polygenic sequences of r-determinants do not appear to replicate under the same control mechanism as when they are attached to an RTF-TC.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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