Fig. 5: Transfer of Mobilizable Plasmids During Conjugation
Fig. 5: Transfer of Mobilizable Plasmids During Conjugation
Mobilizable plasmids, that lack the tra genes for self-transmissibility but possess the oriT sequences for initiation of DNA transfer, may also be transferred by conjugation if the bacterium containing them also possesses a conjugative plasmid. The tra genes of the conjugative plasmid enable a mating pair to form while the oriT quences of the mobilizable plasmid enables the DNA to move through the conjugative bridge.
Illustration of the Transfer of Mobilizable Plasmids During Conjugation.jpg by Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology,
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Last updated: August, 2018
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