QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE FOR ENZYMATICALLY-INDUCED DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS AS LETHAL LESIONS IN UV IRRADIATED POL+ AND POLA1 STRAINS OF E-COLI K-12
QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE FOR ENZYMATICALLY-INDUCED DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS AS LETHAL LESIONS IN UV IRRADIATED POL+ AND POLA1 STRAINS OF E-COLI K-12
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1751-1097.1975.tb06743.x
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
SMITH, KC
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作者:
BONURA, T;SMITH, KC
It was recently reported that DNA double-strand breaks arise enzymatically during the course of excision repair in uvr+ strains of Escherichia coli K-12. Survival curves for UV irradiated E. coli K-12 pol+ (JG139) and polA1 (JG138) strains have a pronounced shoulder region. The regions of the survival curves at which killing approaches exponential correspond to the fluences at which DNA double-strand breaks (assumed to be lethal events) accumulate linearly. Reducing the number of UV photoproducts either by photoreactivation or fluence fractionation results in an increase in survival and a decrease in the yield of DNA double-strand breaks in both strains. These data support the hypothesis that enzymatically-induced DNA double-strand breaks may be the lesion ultimately responsible for UV-induced cell killing in the pol+ strain of E. coli K-12 and perhaps also in the polA1 strain. photoproducts either by photoreactivation or fluence fractionation results in an increase in survival and a decrease in the yield of DNA double-strand breaks in both strains. These data support the hypothesis that enzymatically-induced DNA double-strand breaks may be the lesion ultimately responsible for UV-induced cell killing in the pol+ strain of E. coli K-12 and perhaps also in the polA1 strain.