Identification of Escherichia coli DNA helicase I as the traI gene product of the F sex factor - PubMed (original) (raw)

Identification of Escherichia coli DNA helicase I as the traI gene product of the F sex factor

M Abdel-Monem et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Aug.

Abstract

Active DNA helicase I (Mr 180,000) can be isolated from Escherichia coli F+ strains but not F- strains. The transfer of the F sex factor to F- strains by conjugation permits the purification of the enzyme from the transconjugant strains. We conclude from this that helicase I is coded for by a portion of the F factor. Results also obtained by using recombinant plasmids carrying different DNA fragments of the F factor transfer region suggest that DNA helicase I is identical to the product of traI, one of the transfer genes of the F factor.

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