The Properties of Sex pili, The Viral Nature of “Conjugal” Genetic Transfer Systems, and Some Possible Approaches to the Control of Bacterial Drug Resistance

On the Regulation of DNA Replication in Bacteria

1963 • 1,441 citations

THE STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, SYNTHESIS AND GENETIC CONTROL OF BACTERIAL PILI AND A MOLECULAR MODEL FOR DNA AND RNA TRANSPORT IN GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA*

1965 • 762 citations

Isolation of an E. coli Strain with a Mutation affecting DNA Polymerase

1969 • 749 citations

THE EFFECT OF ACRIDINE DYES ON MATING TYPE FACTORS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1960 • 460 citations

Sexuality and the genetics of bacteria.

1961 • 459 citations

Filamentous bacterial viruses

1969 • 454 citations

Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli

1962 • 453 citations

DNA Replication: The Rolling Circle Model

1968 • 435 citations

Mechanism of DNA chain growth. I. Possible discontinuity and unusual secondary structure of newly synthesized chains.

1968 • 406 citations

A BACTERIOPHAGE CONTAINING RNA

1961 • 357 citations

Mechanism of Action of Nalidixic Acid on Escherichia coli II. Inhibition of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis

1965 • 322 citations

Phylogenetic relationships of drug-resistance factors and other transmissible bacterial plasmids

1968 • 303 citations

Non-Flagellar Appendages of Bacteria

1959 • 283 citations

MECHANISM OF ACTION OF NALIDIXIC ACID ON ESCHERICHIA COLI

1964 • 255 citations

Actinomycin sensitivity in Escherichiacoli produced by EDTA

1965 • 208 citations

Mechanism of Action of Phenethyl Alcohol: Breakdown of the Cellular Permeability Barrier

1967 • 184 citations

A NEW TYPE OF BACTERIAL PILUS GENETICALLY CONTROLLED BY THE FERTILITY FACTOR OF E. COLI K 12 AND ITS ROLE IN CHROMOSOME TRANSFER

1964 • 182 citations

BACTERIAL CONJUGATION

1969 • 171 citations

Effective Elimination of Drug Resistance and Sex Factors in Escherichia coli by Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

1968 • 157 citations

Mechanism of Action of Nalidixic Acid on Escherichia coli III. Conditions Required for Lethality

1966 • 154 citations

The adsorption of bacteriophage R-17

1964 • 151 citations

DNA transfer and DNA synthesis during bacterial conjugation

1966 • 144 citations

Mechanism of DNA chain growth

1977 • 130 citations

REGULATORY MECHANISMS FOR SYNTHESIS OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE IN MUCOID MUTANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K12

1964 • 125 citations

The molecular nature of R-factors

1966 • 121 citations

Early Stages of Conjugation in Escherichia coli

1969 • 118 citations

DNA Replication and Recombination after UV Irradiation

1968 • 112 citations

HOST SPECIFICITY OF DNA PRODUCED BY ESCHERICHIA COLI. VI. EFFECTS ON BACTERIAL CONJUGATION

1965 • 110 citations

Asymmetric Transfer of DNA Strands in Bacterial Conjugation

1968 • 101 citations

Acriflavine as an Effective Agent for eliminating F-factor in Escherichia coli K-12

1957 • 97 citations

TRANSFER-DEFECTIVE MUTANTS OF SEX FACTORS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI. I. DEFECTIVE MUTANTS AND COMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS

1970 • 93 citations

A Fibrous DNA Phage (fd) and a Spherical RNA Phage (fr) Specific for Male Strains of E coli

1963 • 91 citations

Asymmetric segregation of the complementary sex-factor DNA strands during conjugation in Escherichia coli

1970 • 86 citations

Role of Pili in Bacterial Conjugation

1970 • 84 citations

THE NATURE OF INTERGENERIC EPISOMAL INFECTION

1961 • 82 citations

The fate of the protein component of bacteriophage fd during infection

1967 • 79 citations

M 13 bacteriophage liberation from intact bacteria as revealed by electron microscopy

1963 • 75 citations

Deletion Map of the Escherichia coli K-12 Sex Factor F: the Order of Eleven Transfer Cistrons

1972 • 73 citations

Evidence for circular DNA forms of a bacterial plasmid.

1967 • 73 citations

DNA transfer in bacterial conjugation

1966 • 71 citations

INHIBITION BY PERIODATE OF MATING IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12

1961 • 68 citations

Circular DNA forms of a bacterial sex factor.

1967 • 67 citations

Stages in phage R17 infection: The role of divalent cations

1966 • 63 citations

Inhibition of Bacterial Conjugation by Ribonucleic Acid and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Male-Specific Bacteriophages

1968 • 61 citations

Studies on Escherichia coli sex factors

1968 • 61 citations

Mechanical Removal of F Pili, Type I Pili, and Flagella from Hfr and RTF Donor Cells and the Kinetics of Their Reappearance

1969 • 60 citations

Nalidixic Acid and the Metabolism of Escherichia coli

1970 • 59 citations

Mechanism of Action of Nalidixic Acid on Escherichia coli IV. Effects on the Stability of Cellular Constituents

1966 • 59 citations

Induction indirecte du prophage λ par le rayonnement ultraviolet

1967 • 59 citations

DNA isolated from Escherichia coli minicells mated with F+ cells.

1968 • 58 citations

THE TRANSFER OF IRRADIATION-ELICITED INDUCTION IN A LYSOGENIC ORGANISM

1958 • 57 citations

Studies on Escherichia coli sex factors

1968 • 54 citations

Effect of nalidixic acid on conjugational transfer and expression of episomal Lac genes in Escherichia coli K12

1967 • 52 citations

INDIRECT INDUCTION OF PROPHAGE lambda BY ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS.

1967 • 50 citations

Induction of Excessive Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Escherichia coli by Nalidixic Acid

1967 • 49 citations

Pleiotropic effects of de-repressed bacterial sex factors on colicinogeny and cell wall structure

1970 • 49 citations

Segregation of Functional Sex Factor into Minicells

1970 • 47 citations

[Mutations of the F episome of Escherichia coli K 12. II. Mutants with thermosensitive replication].

1967 • 46 citations

The relationship between DNA synthesis and conjugation in Escherichia coli

1963 • 46 citations

Replication and host modification of DNA transferred during bacterial mating

1965 • 45 citations

TRANSFER-DEFECTIVE MUTANTS OF SEX FACTORS IN ESCHERICHIA COLI. II. DELETION MUTANTS OF AN F-PRIME AND DELETION MAPPING OF CISTRONS INVOLVED IN GENETIC TRANSFER

1970 • 43 citations

On the mechanism of conjugation in Escherichia coli K 12

1968 • 42 citations

The elimination of extrachromosomal elements in thymineless strains of Escherichia coli K12

1965 • 41 citations

Morphological Features of the Pili Associated with Escherichia coli K12 Carrying R Factors or the F Factor

1966 • 41 citations

Mechanism of Action of Nalidixic Acid on Conjugating Bacteria

1970 • 37 citations

Genetic Recombination in Bact. coli K12: Analysis of the Stimulating Effect of Ultra-violet Light

1952 • 36 citations

Studies on the biosynthesis of TMV

1973 • 36 citations

Effects of Temperature, Agitation, and Donor Strain on Chromosome Transfer inEscherichia coliK-12

1968 • 34 citations

The transfer of material during mating in Escherichia coli

1963 • 34 citations

Mechanism of Action of Nalidixic Acid on Escherichia coli V. Possible Mutagenic Effect

1966 • 34 citations

Mechanism of Action of Nalidixic Acid onEscherichia coliVI. Cell-free Studies

1969 • 34 citations

Synchronous Reinitiation of Chromosome Replication in E. coli B/r after Nalidixic Acid Treatment

1970 • 34 citations

Artificial Elimination of the F Factor in Bact. coli K-12

1956 • 33 citations

Aneurysm of the renal artery

1965 • 32 citations

Induction of λ prophage by nalidixic acid

1970 • 30 citations

The RNA Injection Step of Bacteriophage f2 Infection

1969 • 30 citations

Studies on the biosynthesis of TMV

1970 • 30 citations

The elimination of Flac+ from Escherichiacoli by mutagenic agents

1967 • 29 citations

Sensitivity of Escherichia coli to Atabrine Conferred by R Factor and Its Potential Clinical Significance

1967 • 29 citations

Some Effects of Nalidixic Acid on Conjugation in Escherichia coli K-12

1971 • 28 citations

Effect of Nalidixic Acid on the Growth of Bacterial Viruses

1967 • 28 citations

Induction of phage λ by transferred irradiated colI DNA

1969 • 26 citations

Studies on the chemical nature and size of sex factors of Escherichia coli K12

1963 • 25 citations

Functions of F Pili in Mating-Pair Formation and Male Bacteriophage Infection Studied by Blending Spectra and Reappearance Kinetics

1969 • 25 citations

Genetic Transfer in Bacterial Mating

1965 • 25 citations

STRAND-SPECIFIC TRANSFER OF DONOR DNA DURING CONJUGATION IN E. coli

1969 • 25 citations

THE GENETIC PROPERTIES OF DNA TRANSFERRED FROM ULTRAVIOLET-IRRADIATED Hfr CELLS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 DURING MATING

1968 • 24 citations

Effect of inhibition of DNA synthesis on mating inEscherichia coliK12

1965 • 24 citations

Autoradiographic Study of Transfer of DNA during Bacterial Conjugation

1964 • 23 citations

CORRELATED SELECTION FOR MOTILITY AND SEX-INCOMPATIBILITY IN Escherichia Coli K12

1957 • 22 citations

Chromosome transfer and the DNA replication cycle in Escherichia, coli

1964 • 22 citations

Dependence of the conjugational DNA transfer on DNA synthesis

1967 • 22 citations

Hydantoin lymphadenopathy

1968 • 21 citations

On the mechanism of genetic transfer during conjugation ofEscherichia coli

1967 • 18 citations

F Pilus as f ⁺ Antigen

1967 • 18 citations

Loss of an episomal fertility factor following the multiplication of coliphage M13

1969 • 16 citations

Experiments concerning the curing and intracellular site of episomes

1965 • 16 citations

Effect of N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine on the F factor of escherichia coli

1967 • 15 citations

Removal of the coat protein of bacteriophages M13 or fd from the exterior of the host after infection

1971 • 15 citations

The Effect of Irradiation on Recombination in Escherichia Coli

1948 • 15 citations

Conjugational DNA Transfer in Escherichia coli

1968 • 15 citations

Nalidixic Acid Inhibition of DNA Transfer in Escherichia coli K12

1968 • 14 citations

Limits on material transfer during F+ × F− matings in Escherichia coli K12

1965 • 13 citations

Conjugation in Escherichia coli K-12 and Its Modification by Irradiation

1969 • 13 citations

Effects of acriflavine on the transfer of episomes and bacterial chromosome inEscherichia coliK-12

1967 • 13 citations

Conjugal Transfer of Immunity to Phage Multiplication in Escherichia coli K-12

1962 • 13 citations

The Zero Point Energies of Isotopic Homologues and Isomers

1963 • 12 citations

Chromosome transfer during bacterial mating

1970 • 12 citations

Cellular responses of bacterial hosts to contact with particles of the RNA phage fr

1964 • 11 citations

MODIFICATION OF CONJUGATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12 BY ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION

1966 • 11 citations

Selection of Mutant Bacterial Sex Factors Determining Altered Sex Pili

1969 • 11 citations

DNA synthesis and chromosome transfer inEscherichia coli K 12

1965 • 11 citations

Characterization of Conjugation Factors in Escherichia coli Cell Walls I. Inhibition of Recombination by Cell Walls and Cell Extracts

1965 • 10 citations

ACTIVITY OF DISTAMYCIN A ON THE TRANSFER OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN GRAM‐NEGATIVE CLINICAL ISOLATES

1971 • 10 citations

Inhibition of bacterial conjugation by cell wall preparations

1962 • 9 citations

Observations on the mechanism of indirect induction by mating with ultraviolet-irradiated ColI donors

1967 • 9 citations

Solubilization of the Conjugation Inhibitor from Escherichia coli Cell Wall

1965 • 8 citations

Bacterial conjugation: electron microscope observations on thin sections.

1968 • 8 citations

Inhibition of Conjugation in E. coli K 12 by Cell Wall Preparations

1962 • 8 citations

Mechanism of conjugation and recombination in bacteria XVI

1977 • 8 citations

Studies on the Substances Affecting the Episomic Infective Transfer System

1965 • 7 citations

An Upper Limit on β-Galactosidase Transfer in Bacterial Conjugation

1967 • 7 citations

Mechanism of conjugation and recombination in bacteria. V. Effect of edeine on F+ cells.

1969 • 6 citations

DIFFERENCES IN TOXICITY OF EDTA + TRIS AMONG MATING TYPES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

1967 • 6 citations

The Effects of Ultra-violet Irradiation on the Fertility of F+ and Hfr Strains of Escherichia coli K 12 Defective for the Repair of Damaged DNA

1969 • 5 citations

Books received

1967 • 5 citations

Kinetics of recombinant formation in synchronized cultures of Escherichia coli

1968 • 3 citations

INDIRECT ULTRAVIOLET INDUCTION OF PROPHAGE /lambda/ AND COLICIN I FACTOR

1965 • 3 citations

On the nature of the action of polyamines on Escherichia coli conjugation.

1969 • 1 citations

INVESTIGATIONS BY MEANS OF GENETIC RECOMBINATION ON THE MECHANISM OF LETHAL ACTION OF X-RAYS ON E. COLI K12

1961 • 1 citations