Published in J Mol Biol on November 01, 1976
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Deletion map of the Escherichia coli K-12 sex factor F: the order of eleven transfer cistrons. J Bacteriol (1972) 1.95
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Isolation, characterization, and in vitro assembly of the tetragonally arrayed layer of Bacillus sphaericus. J Bacteriol (1979) 1.21
Antigenic specificity of antibodies in vaginal secretions during infection with Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Infect Dis (1980) 1.20
Identification of a membrane protein associated with expression of the surface exclusion region of the F transfer operon. J Bacteriol (1977) 1.18
Revised genetic map of the distal end of the F transfer operon: implications for DNA helicase I, nicking at oriT, and conjugal DNA transport. J Bacteriol (1987) 1.18
Analysis of Escherichia coli K12 F factor transfer genes: traQ, trbA, and trbB. Plasmid (1987) 1.17
Characterization of the F-plasmid conjugative transfer gene traU. J Bacteriol (1990) 1.16
Removal of the coat protein of bacteriophages M13 or fd from the exterior of the host after infection. Virology (1971) 1.15
Genital antibody response to a parenteral gonococcal pilus vaccine. Infect Immun (1982) 1.14
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Serological and functional properties of monoclonal antibodies to Escherichia coli type I pilus and capsular antigens. Prog Allergy (1983) 1.06
Purification and characterization of pro-TraTp, the signal sequence-containing precursor of a secreted protein encoded by the F sex factor. J Bacteriol (1984) 1.06
Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of LKP pilus genes from a nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain. Infect Immun (1990) 1.06
Nucleotide sequence of traQ and adjacent loci in the Escherichia coli K-12 F-plasmid transfer operon. J Bacteriol (1989) 1.05
Construction and analysis of F plasmid traR, trbJ, and trbH mutants. J Bacteriol (1993) 1.05
The product of the F plasmid transfer operon gene, traF, is a periplasmic protein. J Bacteriol (1988) 1.05
The Escherichia coli K-12 F plasmid gene traX is required for acetylation of F pilin. J Bacteriol (1993) 1.05
The infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by RNA pilus phage PP7: the adsorption organelle and the relationship between phage sensitivity and the division cycle. Virology (1971) 1.04
Characterization of the F plasmid mating aggregation gene traN and of a new F transfer region locus trbE. J Mol Biol (1992) 1.03
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Evaluation of pilus vaccines for prevention of experimental otitis media caused by nontypable Haemophilus influenzae. Pediatr Infect Dis J (1989) 1.01
Stimulation of precise excision and recombination by conjugal proficient F'plasmids. Mol Gen Genet (1986) 1.00
Characterization of trbC, a new F plasmid tra operon gene that is essential to conjugative transfer. J Bacteriol (1991) 0.99
Characterization, localization, and sequence of F transfer region products: the pilus assembly gene product TraW and a new product, TrbI. J Bacteriol (1992) 0.98
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Overproduction, purification and characterization of the F traT protein. Mol Gen Genet (1984) 0.95
Nucleotide sequence of the F plasmid gene, traC, and identification of its product. Gene (1990) 0.93
Location of F plasmid transfer operon genes traC and traW and identification of the traW product. J Bacteriol (1987) 0.92
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Construction of derivatives of the F plasmid pOX-tra715: characterization of traY and traD mutants that can be complemented in trans. Mol Microbiol (1996) 0.88
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Characterization of traX, the F plasmid locus required for acetylation of F-pilin subunits. J Bacteriol (1995) 0.86
Membrane insertion of the F-pilin subunit is Sec independent but requires leader peptidase B and the proton motive force. J Bacteriol (1996) 0.84
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Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I. Construction of a polA plasmid for amplification and an improved purification scheme. J Biol Chem (1984) 0.83
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Analysis of the traLEKBP sequence and the TraP protein from three F-like plasmids: F, R100-1 and ColB2. J Bacteriol (1996) 0.82
Role of the propilin leader peptide in the maturation of F pilin. J Bacteriol (1996) 0.78
Regulation and utilization of microsin promoter turn on in a chromosomal fusion. Biotechnol Bioeng (1991) 0.75
Intestinal colonization and antibody response. Infection (1983) 0.75