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Influence of thymine starvation on UV mutability of Escherichia coli B/r Hcr/sup +/ thy/sup -/ trp/sup -/

Abstract

Escherichia coli B/r Hcr/sup +/ thy/sup -/ trp/sup -/ cells were cultivated in a synthetic glucose medium supplemented with 2 ..mu..g/ml thymine and 14 ..mu..g/ml tryptophan until the beginning of the exponential growth phase. After filtration and washing the cells were thymine starved for different periods of time. During short-term starvation (about 40 minutes) the cells did not die and the frequency of Trp/sup +/ revertants as determined on the synthetic glucose medium supplemented with 2 ..mu..g/ml thymine and 0.75 ..mu..g/ml tryptophan solidified with agar did not increase. From the 45th min of starvation cells died exponentially and at the same time the fraction of Trp/sup +/ revertants in the population increased. During short-term starvation the sensitivity of cells to ultraviolet radiation become enhanced, at the same time one could see an increase of frequency of ''mutation-frequency-decline''-stable ultraviolet induced Trp/sup +/ revertants. Is is supposed that short-term thymine starvation affects the coordination of the rec/sup +/ and polAl/sup +/ systems participating in the uvr/sup +/ dependent DNA repair synthesis in favour of the rec/sup +/ system, incidentally starvation may affect the error-free postreplication repair in which the products of the uvr/sup +/ and rec/sup +/ genes participate.
Authors:
Balgavy, P; Turek, R [1] 
  1. Slovenska Akademia Vied, Bratislava (Czechoslovakia). Vyskumny Ustav Onkologicky
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1976
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-08-286691; EDB-77-070291
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Biologia (Bratislava); (Czechoslovakia); Journal Volume: 31:6
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RADIATION EFFECTS; THYMINE; RADIOSENSITIVITY EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL REPAIR; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; FASTING; MUTATION FREQUENCY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SURVIVAL CURVES; TRYPTOPHAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AMINO ACIDS; AZINES; AZOLES; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GENETIC EFFECTS; HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; INDOLES; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACID REPLICATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RECOVERY; REPAIR; URACILS; 560131* - Radiation Effects on Microorganisms- Basic Studies- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
7325863
Country of Origin:
Serbia and Montenegro
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: BLOAA
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 401-410
Announcement Date:
Feb 01, 1977

Citation Formats

Balgavy, P, and Turek, R. Influence of thymine starvation on UV mutability of Escherichia coli B/r Hcr/sup +/ thy/sup -/ trp/sup -/. Serbia and Montenegro: N. p., 1976. Web.
Balgavy, P, & Turek, R. Influence of thymine starvation on UV mutability of Escherichia coli B/r Hcr/sup +/ thy/sup -/ trp/sup -/. Serbia and Montenegro.
Balgavy, P, and Turek, R. 1976. "Influence of thymine starvation on UV mutability of Escherichia coli B/r Hcr/sup +/ thy/sup -/ trp/sup -/." Serbia and Montenegro.
@misc{etde_7325863,
title = {Influence of thymine starvation on UV mutability of Escherichia coli B/r Hcr/sup +/ thy/sup -/ trp/sup -/}
author = {Balgavy, P, and Turek, R}
abstractNote = {Escherichia coli B/r Hcr/sup +/ thy/sup -/ trp/sup -/ cells were cultivated in a synthetic glucose medium supplemented with 2 ..mu..g/ml thymine and 14 ..mu..g/ml tryptophan until the beginning of the exponential growth phase. After filtration and washing the cells were thymine starved for different periods of time. During short-term starvation (about 40 minutes) the cells did not die and the frequency of Trp/sup +/ revertants as determined on the synthetic glucose medium supplemented with 2 ..mu..g/ml thymine and 0.75 ..mu..g/ml tryptophan solidified with agar did not increase. From the 45th min of starvation cells died exponentially and at the same time the fraction of Trp/sup +/ revertants in the population increased. During short-term starvation the sensitivity of cells to ultraviolet radiation become enhanced, at the same time one could see an increase of frequency of ''mutation-frequency-decline''-stable ultraviolet induced Trp/sup +/ revertants. Is is supposed that short-term thymine starvation affects the coordination of the rec/sup +/ and polAl/sup +/ systems participating in the uvr/sup +/ dependent DNA repair synthesis in favour of the rec/sup +/ system, incidentally starvation may affect the error-free postreplication repair in which the products of the uvr/sup +/ and rec/sup +/ genes participate.}
journal = []
volume = {31:6}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Serbia and Montenegro}
year = {1976}
month = {Jan}
}