Location of a Mutator Gene in Salmonella typhimurium by Cotransduction
AUTOR(ES)
Kirchner, Carl E. J.
RESUMO
Kirchner, Carl E. J. (Suffolk County Community College, Selden, N.Y.), and Matthew J. Rudden. Location of a mutator gene in Salmonella typhimurium by cotransduction. J. Bacteriol. 92:1453–1456. 1966.—The LT7 strain of Salmonella typhimurium has been shown to possess a mutator gene which is responsible for an increase in mutation frequency for most loci tested. Preliminary results suggested the gene might be responsible for the production of an abnormal purine or pyrimidine base. Phage prepared on the mutator strain were used to transduce selected purine and pyrimidine LT2 mutants that do not possess this gene. A high frequency (60%) of cotransduction was observed with mutants from only one locus, purA. Transduction of additional mutants from this region gave similar results, except for one mutant (purA1) which showed no transduction of the mutator gene or the purA1 region. The results show that the mutator gene is very closely linked to the purA locus and suggest that it might be part of it.
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