F-factor At Biology Glossary

What is it? An E. coli plasmid that encodes conjugative transfer (fertility) functions. The F-plasmid may exist as an autonomous plasmid in the cytoplasm or may integrate into specific sites in the chromosome, producing an Hfr cell.

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