F plasmid

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(thing) by BioTech (7.9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Fri Sep 13 2002 at 0:19:57

This is also known as the F factor or F-factor.

A small piece of episomal bacterial DNA which gives the bacteria that have it the ability to initiate conjugation (bacterial "mating") with other nearby bacteria. During conjugation, the F factor is copied and passed on to the other bacterium so that it acquires the ability to initiate conjugation also.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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