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Transfer delay and chromosome withdrawal during conjugation in Escherichia coli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

P. G. De Haan  and
J. D. Gross
P. G. De Haan
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Microbial Genetics Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, W.12
J. D. Gross
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Microbial Genetics Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, W.12
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Chromosome transfer has been studied in mating pairs formed during a 5-minute interval, under conditions that prevent the formation of new pairs. It has been found that, despite restriction of the period of effective contact formation, there is a considerable spread in the time at which transfer is initiated in the different mating pairs. In some pairs there is a delay of as much as 15 minutes before transfer commences.

The presence of broth in the medium in which transfer takes place leads to a marked reduction in the stability of pairs involving some Hfr strains, but has little or no effect on pairs involving others. The action of broth can be ascribed to the effect of a complete mixture of amino-acids on the metabolic activity of the donor cells.

A segment of chromosome which has penetrated from the Hfr into the F− cell may be subsequently withdrawn. Withdrawal may take place in more than half of the mating pairs, and probably occurs at the time when the donor and recipient cells separate. It is prevented if the chromosome breaks when conjugation is interrupted.

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Genetics Research , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , July 1962 , pp. 251 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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