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Cell-cycle-specific F plasmid replication: regulation by cell size control of initiation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2013579     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
F plasmid replication during the Escherichia coli division cycle was investigated by using the membrane-elution technique to produce cells labeled at different times during the division cycle and scintillation counting for quantitative analysis of radioactive plasmid DNA. The F plasmid replicated, like the minichromosome, during a restricted portion of the bacterial division cycle; i.e., F plasmid replication is cell-cycle specific. The F plasmid replicated at a different time during the division cycle than a minichromosome present in the same cell. F plasmid replication coincided with doubling in the rate of enzyme synthesis from a plasmid-encoded gene. When the cell cycle age of replication of the F plasmid was determined over a range of growth rates, the cell size at which the F plasmid replicated followed the same rules as did replication of the bacterial chromosome--initiation occurred when a constant mass per origin was achieved--except that the initiation mass per origin for the F plasmid was different from that for the chromosome origin. In contrast, the high-copy mini-R6K plasmid replicated throughout the division cycle.
Authors:
J D Keasling; B O Palsson; S Cooper
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of bacteriology     Volume:  173     ISSN:  0021-9193     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Bacteriol.     Publication Date:  1991 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-05-14     Completed Date:  1991-05-14     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985120R     Medline TA:  J Bacteriol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2673-80     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0620.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cell Cycle / physiology*
DNA Replication*
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
F Factor / physiology*
Humans
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