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Determination of the Length of the V Colicinogenic Factor and a Derivative Fertility Factor

¹ College of Biological Sciences, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101

ABSTRACT

Plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid from Escherichia coli harboring either the V colicinogenic factor (Col V) or the derivative fertility factor (Fv), (a non-colicin-producing fertility factor derived from Col V) were separated by cesium chloride-ethidium bromide centrifugation and examined by electron microscopy. Results indicate a deletion of 11 µm of deoxyribonucleic acid in the transition from Col V to Fv.