Inducible pathway is required for mutagenesis in Salmonella typhimurium LT2

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · J. Bacteriol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6498595

Orrego, C; Eisenstadt, E

UV mutability of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 was eliminated in the presence of a multicopy plasmid carrying the Escherichia coli lexA/sup +/ gene. This result suggests that inducible, SOS-like functions are required for UV mutagenesis in S. typhimurium. S. typhimurium strains carrying either point or deletion mutations in topA had previously been shown to lose their mutability by UV or methyl methanesulfonate. Mitomycin C induction of the Phi(mucB'-lacZ') fusion (a DNA damage-inducible locus carried on plasmid pSE205) in S. typhimurium topA was normal, suggesting that RecA is activated in topA mutants. These observations lead the authors deduce that S. typhimurium has at least one DNA damage-inducible locus in addition to recA that is required for UV mutability.

• Research Organization: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
• OSTI ID: 6498595
• Journal Information: J. Bacteriol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Bacteriol.; (United States) Vol. 169:6; ISSN JOBAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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