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Electron microscopic observations of the tsx s gene expression in Escherichia coli K12F- cells after conjugation with Hfr bacteria

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After matings between T6 sensitive (Tsxs) Hfr and T6 resistant (Tsxr) F-cells, the Tsxs zygotes have been observed by electron microscopy: They adsorb a small number of T6 particles if compared to what is observed several generations later. Moreover, the T6 receptors synthesized by these zygotes are not located randomly but in a central region of the cell surface.

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  1. Faculté des Sciences, Institut de Microbiologie, Orsay, France

    J. Leal & H. Marcovich

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Leal, J., Marcovich, H. Electron microscopic observations of the tsx s gene expression in Escherichia coli K12F- cells after conjugation with Hfr bacteria. Molec. Gen. Genet. 139, 203–212 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268972

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