摘要:The kinetics of plasmid conjugation for the TOL and RP4 plasmids depend strongly on the donor cells' specific growth rate and substrate concentration, both of which determine the cells' energy availability. Although transfer rates can be large when energy availability is high, normal biological processes have low energy availability. Therefore, we propose and evaluate preliminarily a simple scheme to create a small zone of high energy availability. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (591K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 113 114 115