DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKAGE AND REMOVAL OF CROSS-LINKS IN DEINOCOCCUS-RADIODURANS
DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKAGE AND REMOVAL OF CROSS-LINKS IN DEINOCOCCUS-RADIODURANS
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.155.3.1200-1207.1983
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
TOTSUKA, K
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作者:
KITAYAMA, S;ASAKA, S;TOTSUKA, K
Mitomycin C-sensitive mutants of D. radiodurans were isolated which were resistant to or only moderately sensitive to far UV (254 nm) or .gamma.-rays. They were also sensitive to irradiation at 365 nm in the presence of 4,5'',8-trimethylpsoralen. They were classified into 7 complementary groups (mtcA through mtcG) by transformation experiments. Interstrand cross-links in the DNA duplex induced by mitomycin C were removed in the cells of 2 mutants (mtcD and mtcE) as in the wild type, whereas the other mutants were deficient in this repair. After a sublethal dosage of mitomycin C, single- and double-stranded cuts of cross-linked DNA were observed in the wild-type cells during postincubation. This removal of cross-links in DNA seems to be indispensable for the cells since their colon-forming ability was markedly reduced if they were postincubated under an inhibitory condition for repair of these lesions.