Pili determined by the tra genes of F-like plasmids
Shchipkov, V.P.; Sokolova, S.L.; Gigani, O.B.; Krivskaia, K.S.; Pekhov, A.P.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 110(11): 529-531
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 1982081 Document Number: 362604
The study of structural and functional features of plasmid-specific pili synthetized by E. coli cells under control of 27 F-like plasmids was performed. All the plasmids determined the pili of "flexible" type which were classified into 3 groups on the basis of difference in cell sensitivity to pili-specific phages f1, f2, Q. The possible role of transposons in the variation of pili functional properties was supposed.