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Table 2 Conjugation frequencies of a subset of mini-Tn10::Km transposon mutants

From: Escherichia coli genes affecting recipient ability in plasmid conjugation: Are there any?

Recipient strain

Gene mutated and relevant features

A.L.U.a

Relative transfer rate in standard assay (% of wt)b

No recipient

 

-4.84

<10-6

DH5α (pSU5024)

 

-2.57

<10-6

108F7

rfaC: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-1.53

6

129B10

crp: DNA-binding transcriptional dual regulator

-1.32

59

183G6

yejM: Hypothetical phosphatase/sulphatase

-1.32

96

94H11

rfaD: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-1.21

13

152F1

rfaC: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-1.07

20

130F12

gppA: Guanosine pentaphosphatase/exopolyphosphatase

-1.07

16

13G7

rfaD: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-1.03

23

121A4

rfaD: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-1.02

22

144D7

rfaD: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-0.97

6

11D1

lpcA: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-0.94

15

31C2

rfaC: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-0.92

26

149A8

rfaP: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-0.79

21

68C12

rfaP: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-0.76

32

110B7

nhaA: integral membrane Na+/H+ antiporter

-0.74

41

7C12

rfaG: Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

-0.60

19

  1. a Arbitrary light units produced by the given mutant in the HTS conjugation assay.
  2. b Normalized to the wild type (DH5α) and expressed as a percentage. Transfer rates are the average of at least three independent experiments.