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. 1974 Sep;119(3):726-35.
doi: 10.1128/jb.119.3.726-735.1974.

Con--mutants: class of mutants in Escherichia coli K-12 lacking a major cell wall protein and defective in conjugation and adsorption of a bacteriophage

R A Skurray, R E Hancock, P Reeves

Con--mutants: class of mutants in Escherichia coli K-12 lacking a major cell wall protein and defective in conjugation and adsorption of a bacteriophage

R A Skurray et al. J Bacteriol. 1974 Sep.

Abstract

We describe a new class of mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 defective in conjugation (Con(-) mutants). They lack a major protein of the outer membrane and are defective as recipients with Hfr and F' donors and as recipients for several F-like R factors and Col factors. In the case of crosses with an Hfr donor, we have shown that the Con(-) recipient is defective in pair formation. The mutants are resistant to certain phages due to loss of receptor activity.

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