Medical Definition of F-factor

1. A small piece of episomal bacterial DNA (plasmid) which provides bacteria with the ability to initiate conjugation (bacterial mating) with other nearby bacteria. It can be present as extrachromosomal protein or integrated into the bacterial chromosome, and effectively determines the 'sex' of the bacterium, host chromosome mobilization, transfer via conjugation of genetic material, and the formation of sex pili. During conjugation, the F-factor is copied and passed on to the other bacterium so that it acquires the ability to initiate conjugation also. (12 Jul 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of F-factor

Ezra Cornell
Ezra Loomis Pound
Ezra Pound
ezrin
E classification
E face
E layer
E region
E rosette
E rosettes
F
F
F(6) ATPase
f-1 generation
f-2 generation
F-factor (current term)
f-number
F-type ATPase
f.
F.I.S.C.
F. D. Roosevelt
F. G. Banting
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F1FO ATPase
F1 ATPase
f2 fragment
F390 hydrolase
F390 synthetase
F420H2 dehydrogenase
fa

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