Bacterial sex pili

Rapid bacteriophage sedimentation in the presence of polyethylene glycol and its application to large-scale virus purification

1970 • 1,556 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

INFECTIVE HEREDITY OF MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANCE IN BACTERIA

1963 • 729 citations

The Genetics of Bacteria and their Viruses

1969 • 606 citations

Non‐flagellar filamentous appendages (“fimbriæ”) and hæmagglutinating activity inBacterium coli

1955 • 500 citations

Sexuality and the genetics of bacteria.

1961 • 459 citations

Filamentous bacterial viruses

1969 • 454 citations

Sexuality and the Genetics of Bacteria

1962 • 453 citations

Fimbriae and adhesive properties in salmonellae

1966 • 405 citations

The Ecology of Transferable Drug Resistance in the Enterobacteria

1968 • 340 citations

Beginning a Genetic Analysis of Conjugational Transfer Determined by the F Factor inEscherichia coliby Isolation and Characterization of Transfer-Deficient Mutants

1971 • 335 citations

SEX COMPATIBILITY IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1952 • 310 citations

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

1968 • 303 citations

Gene Recombination in the BacteriumEscherichia coli

1947 • 303 citations

Non-Flagellar Appendages of Bacteria

1959 • 283 citations

Mutant Drug Resistant Factors of High Transmissibility

1967 • 279 citations

Compatibility Groups among fi− R Factors

1971 • 231 citations

EPISOME-MEDIATED TRANSFER OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN ENTEROBACTERIACEAE VII

1964 • 224 citations

Molecular Biology of Viruses

1968 • 217 citations

EPISOME-MEDIATED TRANSFER OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN ENTEROBACTERIACEAE I

1961 • 211 citations

BACTERIAL CONJUGATION

1969 • 171 citations

Observations on a Transmissible Agent Determining Sexual Differentiation in Bacterium coli

1953 • 170 citations

The relation of resistance transfer factors to the F-factor (sex-factor) ofEscherichia coliK12

1966 • 163 citations

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

1968 • 157 citations

Conjugational Complementation Analysis of Transfer-Deficient Mutants of F lac in Escherichia coli

1972 • 157 citations

Role of F Pili in the Penetration of Bacteriophage fl

1972 • 156 citations

The adsorption of bacteriophage R-17

1964 • 151 citations

Structure of Straight flagella from a mutant Salmonella

1972 • 148 citations

Structural components of flagella from Salmonella typhimurium

1962 • 144 citations

An Infective Factor Controlling Sex Compatibility in Bacterium coli

1953 • 144 citations

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

1971 • 140 citations

Genetics and chemistry of bacterial flagella

1969 • 131 citations

The adsorption of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pilus-dependent bacteriophages to a host mutant with nonretractile pili

1974 • 131 citations

Inhibition of Fertility by Multiple Drug-resistance Factor (R) in <i>Escherichia coli</i> K-12

1962 • 131 citations

Sex Pili and the Classification of Sex Factors in the Enterobacteriaceae

1967 • 131 citations

Recombination mechanisms in bacteria

1955 • 126 citations

Shortening of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pili after RNA-Phage Adsorption

1972 • 124 citations

Early Stages of Conjugation in Escherichia coli

1969 • 118 citations

fi− R Factors giving Chloramphenicol Resistance

1971 • 117 citations

The initial steps in infection with coliphage M13

1964 • 117 citations

Mutants of the bacteriophage f2

1965 • 116 citations

Genetic transfer and bacterial taxonomy

1970 • 113 citations

X-ray diffraction and electron microscope studies on the structure of the small filamentous bacteriophage fd

1966 • 112 citations

Filamentous Phages specific for the I Sex Factor

1968 • 112 citations

Ampicillin-Resistant Mutants ofEscherichia coliK-12 with Lipopolysaccharide Alterations Affecting Mating Ability and Susceptibility to Sex-Specific Bacteriophages

1971 • 103 citations

R124, an fi+ R Factor of a New Compatibility Class

1972 • 99 citations

A new filamentous bacteriophage with sex-factor specificity

1972 • 97 citations

Identification of the A protein as a structural component of bacteriophage R17

1968 • 96 citations

Plasmid Determined Resistance to Antibiotics: Molecular Properties of R Factors

1973 • 94 citations

Recombination in Bact. coil K 12: Unidirectional Transfer of Genetic Material

1952 • 93 citations

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

1970 • 93 citations

Retraction of F Pili

1974 • 93 citations

Genetic Analysis of Transfer by the Escherichia coli Sex Factor F, Using P1 Transductional Complementation

1972 • 93 citations

The site of action of the F transfer inhibitor

1973 • 90 citations

Transfer delay and chromosome withdrawal during conjugation inEscherichia coli

1962 • 90 citations

Intact ribonucleic acid from defective particles of bacteriophage R17

1966 • 88 citations

Stages in phage R17 infection

1972 • 87 citations

Two Modes of 'Curing' Transmissible Bacterial Plasmids

1972 • 86 citations

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

1970 • 86 citations

THE GENETICS OF TRANSMISSIBLE PLASMIDS

1972 • 85 citations

Role of Pili in Bacterial Conjugation

1970 • 84 citations

Complexes of F-Pili and RNA Bacteriophage

1965 • 83 citations

Bacteriophage f1 Infection: Fate of the Parental Major Coat Protein

1974 • 81 citations

Repressor-minus and operator-constitutive de-repressed mutants of F-like R factors: their effect on chromosomal transfer by HfrC

1969 • 79 citations

The fate of the protein component of bacteriophage fd during infection

1967 • 79 citations

Some Effects of Temperature on the Growth of F Pili

1971 • 74 citations

A study of pili onPseudomonas aeruginosa

1972 • 74 citations

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

1972 • 73 citations

Identification of individual sex-factor DNA strands and their replication during conjugation in thermosensitive DNA mutants of Escherichia coli

1971 • 73 citations

Genetic Control of Fertility in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): Plasmid Involvement in the Interconversion of UF and IF Strains

1971 • 73 citations

DNA transfer in bacterial conjugation

1966 • 71 citations

Serotypes of sex pili

1970 • 71 citations

Formation of defective bacteriophage particles by fr amber mutants

1966 • 69 citations

Simple Immunological Labelling Method for Electron Microscopy and its Application to the Study of Filamentous Appendages of Bacteria

1967 • 65 citations

Naturally Occurring R Factor, Derepressed for Pilus Synthesis, Belonging to the Same Compatibility Group as the Sex Factor F of Escherichia coli K-12

1972 • 65 citations

Characteristics ofE. coliK12 strains carrying both an F prime and an R factor

1970 • 63 citations

AN ANTIGEN TERMED f+ OCCURRING IN F+ E. COLI STRAINS

1960 • 63 citations

High Infectivity of Salmonella typhimurium newly infected by the colI factor

1963 • 63 citations

Stages in phage R17 infection: The role of divalent cations

1966 • 63 citations

The Effect of Non-Lethal Deflagellation on Bacterial Motility and Observations on Flagellar Regeneration

1959 • 62 citations

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

1968 • 61 citations

Plasmid Specificity of Two Proteins required for Conjugation in E. coli K12

1971 • 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

The Relationship of F type Piliation and F phage Sensitivity to Drug Resistance Transfer in R+F- Escherichia coli K12

1966 • 56 citations

Phenotypic mixing of host range and serological specificities in bacteriophages T2 and T4

1956 • 56 citations

NONFILTRABILITY OF THE AGENTS OF GENETIC RECOMBINATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1950 • 55 citations

A pilus-dependent Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage with a long noncontractile tail

1973 • 51 citations

The Role of Tris in EDTA Toxicity and Lysozyme Lysis

1967 • 51 citations

Genetics of the F Sex Factor in Enterobacteriaceae

1973 • 50 citations

Adsorption of bacteriophages specific for Pseudomonas aeruginosa R factors RP1 and R1822

1974 • 50 citations

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

1970 • 49 citations

Colicin factors and Episomes

1963 • 49 citations

The relationship between the transfer systems of some bacterial plasmids

1972 • 48 citations

Stages in phage R17 infection

1970 • 47 citations

Terminology of Bacterial Fimbriae, or Pili, and their Types

1967 • 47 citations

Independent assembly of Qβ and MS2 phages in doubly infected Escherichia coli

1970 • 46 citations

Transfer Among Erwinia spp. and Other Enterobacteria of Antibiotic Resistance Carried on R Factors

1972 • 46 citations

Specific Piliation Directed by a Fertility Factor and a Resistance Factor of Escherichia coli

1967 • 43 citations

PROPERTIES OF F′ STRAINS OFESCHERICHIA COLISUPERINFECTED WITH F-LACTOSE AND F-GALATOSE EPISOMES

1963 • 42 citations

Effects of Cell Wall Polysaccharide on the Mating Ability of Salmonella typhimurium

1970 • 42 citations

Fate of Maturation Protein during Infection by Coliphage MS2

1971 • 42 citations

Covert fi ⁻ R Factors in fi ⁻ R ⁺ Strains of Bacteria

1969 • 42 citations

Effect of Zn ²⁺ on Bacterial Conjugation: Inhibition of Mating Pair Formation

1972 • 42 citations

Detection of a protein, similar to the sex pilus subunit, in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli cells carrying a derepressed F-like R factor

1975 • 42 citations

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

1966 • 41 citations

CONJUGAL PAIRING IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1956 • 41 citations

General Method for Isolating De-repressed Bacterial Sex Factors

1968 • 40 citations

The sex hair of E. coli as sensory fiber, conjugation tube, or mating arm?

1967 • 40 citations

Stages in phage R17 infection

1971 • 40 citations

Interactions between de-repressed F-like R factors and wild type Colicin B factors: superinfection immunity and represser susceptibility

1969 • 39 citations

I-like resistance factors with thefi⁺character

1971 • 39 citations

The F-Pilus of Escherichia coli

1969 • 38 citations

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

1952 • 36 citations

Inhibition of Formation ofEscherichia coliMating Pairs by f1 and MS2 Bacteriophages as Determined with a Coulter Counter

1973 • 36 citations

The extracellular stages of RNA bacteriophage infection

1965 • 36 citations

Specific Action of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate on the Sex Factor of Escherichia coli K-12 Hfr Strains

1969 • 34 citations

Sex pili and common pili in the conjugational transfer of colicin factor Ib bySalmonella typhimurium

1967 • 33 citations

Fertility Regulation in F-Like Resistance Transfer Factors

1970 • 32 citations

Reconstitution of infective bacteriophage Qβ

1969 • 32 citations

Properties of sex factor and related episomes isolated from purified Escherichia coli zygote cells

1968 • 31 citations

Genetic Transfer of Episomic Elements Among Erwinia Species and Other Enterobacteria: F′ lac ⁺

1972 • 30 citations

The Genetic Control Colicinogenic Factors E2 I and V

1962 • 30 citations

The RNA Injection Step of Bacteriophage f2 Infection

1969 • 30 citations

Inhibition of Gene Transfer by Antiserum and Identification of Serotypes of Sex Pili

1972 • 29 citations

Comparison of coat proteins from three groups of RNA phages

1969 • 29 citations

Molecular Studies on Entry Exclusion in Escherichia coli Minicells

1972 • 29 citations

EFFECT OF DRUG-RESISTANCE FACTOR R ON THE F PROPERTIES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

1964 • 28 citations

Specific Role of Sex Pili in the Effective Eliminatory Action of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate on Sex and Drug Resistance Factors in Escherichia coli

1972 • 27 citations

Physiology of Escherichia coli K-12 During Conjugation: Altered Recipient Cell Functions Associated with Lethal Zygosis

1973 • 26 citations

Effects of Growth Inhibitors and Ultraviolet Irradiation on F Pili

1972 • 25 citations

Cell Surface and Fertility in Escherichia coli

1955 • 25 citations

Effect of Zn ²⁺ on Bacterial Conjugation: Increase in Ability of F ⁻ Cells to Form Mating Pairs

1973 • 25 citations

Evidence for the identity of the mating-specific site of male cells of Escherichiacoli with the receptor site of an RNA phage

1967 • 25 citations

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

1969 • 25 citations

Association of bacteriophage proteins and RNA in E.,coli infected with MS2

1967 • 24 citations

Membrane Association of Conjugally Transferred Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Escherichia coli Minicells

1971 • 23 citations

Energy requirements for specific pair formation during conjugation in Escherichia coli K-12

1967 • 23 citations

Autoradiographic Study of Transfer of DNA during Bacterial Conjugation

1964 • 23 citations

An assay for the male substance (F-pili) of Escherichiacoli K-12

1965 • 23 citations

Attachment of f2 bacteriophage to cellulose nitrate filters

1965 • 22 citations

Exclusion, superinfection immunity and abortive recombinants in I + × I + bacterial crosses

1969 • 22 citations

Active fragments of a filamentous bacteriophage

1966 • 22 citations

Isolation, solubilization and reaggregation of outer membrane of Escherichia coli

1973 • 21 citations

Stages in phage R17 infection

1970 • 21 citations

Unusual Arsenate Poisoning of the F Pili of Escherichia coli

1973 • 20 citations

Bacterial Conjugation Under Anaerobic Conditions

1972 • 20 citations

The effect of unbalanced growth on recombinant formation inE. coli

1963 • 19 citations

Sequential steps in the in vivo assembly of the RNA bacteriophage fr

1970 • 19 citations

The effect of M13 phage infection upon the F pili of E. coli

1973 • 18 citations

F Pilus as f ⁺ Antigen

1967 • 18 citations

Antibody-stimulated Increase in Sex Pili in R+ Enterobacteria

1972 • 18 citations

Host specificities of RNA phages

1972 • 18 citations

Purification of Sex Pili from Escherichia coli Carrying a Derepressed F-Like R Factor

1972 • 18 citations

Transfer-positive J-independent revertants of the F factor inEscherichia coliK 12

1973 • 18 citations

Pseudo- fi ⁺ I-Like Sex Factor, R62(I), Selective for Increased Pilus Synthesis

1973 • 17 citations

Stimulation of pilus formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by RNA baceeriophage adsorption

1972 • 16 citations

Heterogeneous distribution of a protein in R17 phage preparations

1971 • 16 citations

Conjugal Deoxyribonucleic Acid Replication by Escherichia coli K-12: Effect of Chloramphenicol and Rifampin

1973 • 15 citations

The sex factor of colicin factor E1a

1967 • 14 citations

Stages in phage R17 infection

1970 • 14 citations

Disintegration of flagella by acid

1965 • 14 citations

Mutant Hfr strains defective in transfer: restoration by F-like and I-like de-repressed R factors

1970 • 14 citations

Influence of the State of Fimbriation on Transmission of the Colicinogenic Factor colI between Strains of Shigella flexneri

1966 • 13 citations

Repressor-insensitive mutants of the F sex factor

1970 • 13 citations

Surface exclusion by ColV–K94

1973 • 12 citations

Relationship Between Sex-Pili Formation and Macarbomycin Sensitivity inEscherichia coli

1971 • 12 citations

Effect on Exclusion of Alterations to the Sex Pilus

1973 • 11 citations

Selection of Mutant Bacterial Sex Factors Determining Altered Sex Pili

1969 • 11 citations

The nucleic acid pump of the male bacterium

1966 • 11 citations

Studies on Sex Pili: Mutants of the Sex Factor F in Escherichia coli Defective in Bacteriophage-Adsorbing Function of F Pili

1972 • 11 citations

A semi-automatic technique for conducting many bacterial matings concurrently

1971 • 11 citations

Physical Assay of Competence for Specific Mating-Pair Formation in Escherichia coli

1973 • 11 citations

Centrifugation properties of sex pili

1972 • 10 citations

General properties of F-pili

1966 • 10 citations

The interaction of an I-like R factor and transfer-deficient mutants of Flac in E. coli K12

1970 • 10 citations

Coordination of Sex Pili with their Specifying R Factors

1971 • 9 citations

SEX PILI IN VIBRIO CHOLERAE

1969 • 9 citations

Inhibition of bacterial conjugation by cell wall preparations

1962 • 9 citations

Resistance to Spectinomycin Determined by R Factors of Various Compatibility Groups

1972 • 9 citations

Ultrastructure Studies of Conjugating Escherichia coli

1970 • 8 citations

Solubilization of the Conjugation Inhibitor from Escherichia coli Cell Wall

1965 • 8 citations

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

1962 • 8 citations

Effect of Thymine-5-Bromouracil Substitution on F Pili

1974 • 8 citations

Functional Independence of F and I Sex Pili

1969 • 7 citations

RNA-containing bacteriophages

1964 • 6 citations

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

1967 • 6 citations

Transmissible Drug-resistance Factors and Formation of Multiple Resistance

1962 • 6 citations

The thermal and alkaline degradation of MS2 bacteriophage

1969 • 6 citations

Sex Pili Mutants Isolated by Macarbomycin Treatment

1973 • 4 citations

High-frequency Gene Transfer in Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis

1971 • 2 citations

The effect of chromosome transfer on gene expression in Escherichia coli Hfr

1973 • 2 citations