Plasmid-mediated resistance to the bactericidal effects of normal rabbit serum.
An Escherichia coli K-12 strain bearing the plasmids R1 or R100 was more resistant to the bactericidal activity of normal rabbit serum than was the same strain without a plasmid. When the plasmid R100 was transferred to several K-12 strains, the strains acquired resistance to serum bactericidal activity.
D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity; D002470:Cell Survival; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D010957:Plasmids
D003165:Complement System Proteins