The F-plasmid (first named F by one of its discoverers Esther Lederberg；also called the sex factor in E. coli，the F sex factor, or the fertility factor)...

A plasmid is a small, extrachromosomal DNA molecule within a cell that is physically separated from chromosomal DNA and can replicate independently. They...

receives the plasmid. For example, the F plasmid, which is the origin of BACs (bacterial artificial chromosomes) is a single copy plasmid with a partitioning...

A tumour inducing (Ti) plasmid is a plasmid found in pathogenic species of Agrobacterium, including A. tumefaciens, A. rhizogenes, A. rubi and A. vitis...

F plasmids are called F-negative or F-minus (F−) and as such can function as recipient cells.[citation needed] Among other genetic information, the F-plasmid...

Plasmid-mediated resistance is the transfer of antibiotic resistance genes which are carried on plasmids. Plasmids possess mechanisms that ensure their...

a bacterium having F-plasmid in bacterial conjugation In Academic grading in the United States, F+ is a rarely used grade above F F+, a sister channel...

e.g., F plasmid, many R and some col plasmids. nonconjugative - do not mediate DNA through conjugation, e.g., many R and col plasmids. Plasmids with...

Fosmids are similar to cosmids but are based on the bacterial F-plasmid. The cloning vector is limited, as a host (usually E. coli) can only contain one...

bacterium with a conjugative plasmid (for example, the F-factor) integrated into its chromosomal DNA. The integration of the plasmid into the cell's chromosome...

on a functional fertility plasmid (or F-plasmid), used for transforming and cloning in bacteria, usually E. coli. F-plasmids play a crucial role because...

conjugative plasmid (such as the F-plasmid) that codes for genes required for conjugation and DNA transfer. A donor strain, carrying a mobilizable plasmid that...

vector, which has both bacteriophage and plasmid properties. These vectors carry, in addition to the origin of plasmid replication, an origin of replication...

(post-segregational killing). The ccd system (control of cell death) of the F plasmid encodes two proteins, the CcdB protein (101 amino acids; toxin) and the...

genetically engineered plasmids. Cloning is generally first performed using Escherichia coli, and cloning vectors in E. coli include plasmids, bacteriophages...

to neutralize the ccdB toxin encoded on the F plasmid and thus, prevent toxin activation when such a plasmid is lost. Similarly, the ataR antitoxin encoded...

A plasmid partition system is a mechanism that ensures the stable inheritance of plasmids during bacterial cell division. Each plasmid has its independent...

by the R1 plasmid in Escherichia coli. It was the first type I toxin-antitoxin pair to be identified through characterisation of a plasmid-stabilising...

involve plasmids that allow for the transfer of DNA into another neighboring cell. The neighboring cells absorb the F-plasmid (fertility plasmid: inherited...

the F plasmid, taking advantage of the high stability and conjugational ability introduced by the F factor. Fosmids are a hybrid between bacterial F plasmids...

Matson SW (November 1995). "Stepwise assembly of a relaxosome at the F plasmid origin of transfer". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270 (47): 28381–28386...

The parABS system is a broadly conserved molecular mechanism for plasmid partitioning and chromosome segregation in bacteria. Originally identified as...

attach themselves to the surface of F-bacteria and initiate the conjugation. The existence of the tra region of a plasmid genome was first discovered in 1979...

pBR322 is a plasmid and was one of the first widely used E. coli cloning vectors. Created in 1977 in the laboratory of Herbert Boyer at the University...

common that the F+ plasmid of a competent Escherichia coli bacterium conjugates into the H. influenzae bacterium, which then allows the plasmid to transfer...

conjugative bacterial plasmids, Mob-class relaxases go by names such as TraI (in plasmid RP4), VirD2 (pTi), TrwC (R388), TraI (F-plasmid), MobB (CloDF13),...

recipient bacteria as an F'-plasmid in a process known as bacterial conjugation.[citation needed] F'-plasmids only form if the F+ factor is incorrectly...

The SrnB-SrnC toxin-antitoxin system of the F plasmid is homologous to the hok/sok system of R1. Like the hok/sok system, it performs a post-segregational...

directed the now-defunct Plasmid Reference Center at Stanford University, where she maintained, named, and distributed plasmids of many types, including...

"selfish gene" part theory, since the gene itself is propagated through the F-plasmid. A similar origin of sexual reproduction is proposed to have evolved in...