INDIRECT ULTRAVIOLET-REACTIVATION OF PHAGE LAMBDA
INDIRECT ULTRAVIOLET-REACTIVATION OF PHAGE LAMBDA
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.71.1.144
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
RADMAN, M
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作者:
GEORGE, J;DEVORET, R;RADMAN, M
When an F-recipientEscherichia coliK12 bacterium receives Hfr or F-lac+DNA from an ultraviolet-irradiated donor, its capacity to promote DNA repair and mutagenesis of ultraviolet-damaged phage λ is substantially increased.We call this phenomenon indirect ultraviolet-reactivation, since its features are essentially the same as those of ultraviolet-reactivation; this repair process occurs in pyrimidine dimer excision-deficient strains and produces clear plaque mutations of the restored phage. Moreover, this process is similar to indirect ultraviolet-induction of prophage λ, since it is promoted by conjugation. However, contrarily to indirect induction, it is produced by Hfr donors and occurs in recipients restricting the incoming ultraviolet-damaged donor DNA.The occurrence of indirect ultraviolet-reactivation provides evidence for the existence inE. coliof an inducible error-prone mechanism for the repair of DNA.