Formation of recombinants between nontransmissible drug-resistance determinants and transfer factors.
Noninfectious drug-resistance determinants acquired conjugal transmissibility by the formation of recombinants with transfer factors, suggesting the origin of R factors.
D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005827:Genetics, Microbial; D011995:Recombination, Genetic