Location of a function on RP1 that fertility inhibits Inc W plasmids.
Two fertility inhibition (Fi+) functions which reduce R388 (Inc W) transfer were detected on RP1 (Inc P). Neither function affected R388 -mediated surface exclusion but they could be distinguished by their effect on pilus production. One of the functions was located in the 6.5-kb Pst1 -C region of RP1, part or all of which also occurs on six Fi+ but not two Fi- Inc P plasmids studied.
D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D010957:Plasmids