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The incompatibility properties of the bacteriocinogenic plasmid Clo DF13 have been examined. By using Clo DF13, Clo DF13 deletion, and transposon insertion mutants as well as compatible R plasmids into which Clo DF13 fragments have been cloned, we could identify and localise four different incompatibility regions on the Clo DF13 genome. These regions, designated incA, incB, incC, and incD are located in the following positions: incA about incD between 1.8% and 9% of the Clo DF13 genome. We studied the contribution of each of the four inc regions, separately and/or in combination with each other, to the incompatibility between two plasmid replicons. Two types of incompatibility can be distinguished: Type I evoked by incD, that overlaps the replication control area of Clo DF13 and type II, caused by incA, B and C. From our observations we present a model for plasmid incompatibility based on a combination of the existing repressor dilution and membrane attachment models.
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Hakkaart, M.J.J., Wesseling, J.G., Veltkamp, E. et al. Maintenance of the bacteriocinogenic plasmid clo DF13 in Escherichia coli cells. Mol Gen Genet 186, 531–539 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00337961
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