PROPHAGE INDUCTION AND CELL-DIVISION IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI .3. MUTATIONS SFIA AND SFIB RESTORE DIVISION IN TIF AND LON STRAINS AND PERMIT EXPRESSION OF MUTATOR PROPERTIES OF TIF
PROPHAGE INDUCTION AND CELL-DIVISION IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI .3. MUTATIONS SFIA AND SFIB RESTORE DIVISION IN TIF AND LON STRAINS AND PERMIT EXPRESSION OF MUTATOR PROPERTIES OF TIF
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00267322
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
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BUTTIN, G
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GEORGE, J;CASTELLAZZI, M;BUTTIN, G
InE. coliK12, cell filamentation promoted bytifis enhanced by thelonmutation; in contrast, prophage induction and repair of UV-irradiated phage λ, also promoted bytif, are not affected bylon. From atif londouble mutant, “revertants” having recovered the ability to divide at 41° were isolated, among which most (95%) had also lost their Lon filamentous phenotype after ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. From these 95% of revertants: (1) 94% are suppressed for the whole Tif phenotype, by additional mutations that render them deficient in DNA repair, as judged from their high UV sensitivity; some have been characterized asrecAmutants. (2) 1% have recovered a control on cell division at 41° or after UV irradiation by means of secondary mutations altering neither the other phenotypic properties oftifandlonm nor the repair and recombination ability of the cells: in particular, this class of “revertants” remains thermoinducible upon lysogenisation; the mutations which specifically suppressfilamentation have been mapped at two loci,sfiAandsfiB, cotransducible respectively withpyrDandleu. In the remaining 5% of revertants that still exhibit an UV-induced filamentous growth, 3% can be tentatively classified as truetif+revertants; 2% behave astif thermodependentrevertants, showing suppression of the Tif (and Lon) phenotype only at 41°:2recAts have been identified in this class.Non-lysogenictif lon sfiandtif sfistrains remain viable during prolonged growth at 41°. Under these conditions,tifexpresses mutator properties, which can be conveniently analyzed in thissfibackground.The action oftif, lonandsfimutations is tentatively interpreted on the basis of a negative control of cell division specifically associated with DNA repair.