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The transfer defect of some ColE1 mutants is complemented by ColE1 or ColK, but not by ColE2. This implies that at least one ColE1-specified protein or RNA is normally needed for ColE1 conjugal transfer. The gene(s) postulated for this function lies within a region whose length is at most 50% of the genome.
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Warren, G., Sherratt, D. Complementation of transfer deficient ColE1 mutants. Molec. gen. Genet. 151, 197–201 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00338695
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00338695