title: Surface exclusion gene of IncI1 plasmid R64: nucleotide sequence and analysis of deletion mutants.
abstract: We have cloned and sequenced the exc gene determining surface exclusion of IncI1 plasmid R64. R64 exc gene is highly homologous to the R144 exc gene. The R64 exc gene may encode two proteins with 220 and 147 amino acid residues by inframe reinitiation of translation, as the R144 exc gene does, while the larger protein with 220 amino acids was shown to be essential for surface exclusion function. R64 derivatives carrying deletion or insertion mutations in the exc gene transferred at a frequency similar to that of wild-type R64, indicating that the exc gene is not essential for the transfer of R64.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komano
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C090770:EXCB protein, Salmonella typhimurium; C090769:ExcA protein, Salmonella typhimurium