In:
Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 44 ( 1986-08), p. 242-243
Abstract:
Although 40 years have passed since the discovery of bacterial conjugation and earliest electron microscopic observation, the nature of the cellular interaction that occurs during DNA transfer from donor to recipient is still obscure. In particular, the question of whether this transfer requires close cell contact or whether some form of conjugation tube is involved, remained controversial. We had in the past identified some events in conjugation by thin sectioning and more recent by freeze etching techniques and did postulate a temporary fusion, but observations of the entire unsectioned and unfractured cells in their behaviour did present a missing link.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0424-8201
,
2690-1315
DOI:
10.1017/S0424820100142839
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1986
SSG:
11
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