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I-like resistance factors with the fi+ character

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

June N. Grindley  and
E. S. Anderson
June N. Grindley
Affiliation:
Enteric Reference Laboratory, Public Health Laboratory Service, Colindale Avenue, London, N.W.9
E. S. Anderson
Affiliation:
Enteric Reference Laboratory, Public Health Laboratory Service, Colindale Avenue, London, N.W.9
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The fi+ (fertility inhibition+) property was originally described in R factors related to F (F-like factors). The original fi− factors, in contrast, were related to the transfer factor of a colicin I factor (I-like factors). We describe here a group of R factors which are fi+ but I-like. It is suggested that all the terms fi+, fi−, F-like and I-like be used in the description of transferable plasmids.

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Short Papers
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Genetics Research , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , June 1971 , pp. 267 - 271
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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