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Segregation kinetics of colicinogenic factor Col E1 from a bacterial population temperature sensitive for DNA polymerase I

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We have studied the segregation kinetics of the bacterial plasmid ColE1 from a population of cells temperature sensitive for DNA polymerase I. The results indicate that there are about twelve plasmid copies per cell of the strain used and that segregation is probably random.

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, England

    Barbara W. Durkacz & David J. Sherratt

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Durkacz, B.W., Sherratt, D.J. Segregation kinetics of colicinogenic factor Col E1 from a bacterial population temperature sensitive for DNA polymerase I. Molec. gen. Genet. 121, 71–75 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353694

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