Hyper-recombination in Escherichia coli K-12 mutants constitutive for protein X synthesis.

AUTOR(ES)

Lloyd, R G

RESUMO

Genetic recombination was studied in Escherichia coli F- strains in which synthesis of the recA gene product protein X is increased due to mutation in either recA (tif-1) or lexA (spr). When a single donor marker was selected, the recombination proficiency of these strains was not significantly altered in Hfr crosses. However, linkage of unselected, proximal Hfr markers was found to be much reduced among the progeny tested, and more of the progeny showed evidence of multiple exchanges between donor and recipient DNA. These effects were much more apparent when the recipient carried both tif-1 and spr mutations, but in this case recombination proficiency was reduced compared with those strains carrying either mutation alone, particularly in crosses with Hfr Cavalli. A lexA mutation was found to suppress the effect of tif-1 on the recombinant genotype.

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