Suppression of polarity of insertion mutations in the gal operon and N mutations in bacteriophage lambda.

AUTOR(ES)

Reyes, O

RESUMO

Bacterial mutations (psuA and psu) known for their ability to suppress the polarity on nonsense mutations are shown to suppress the polarity of certain insertion mutations in the gal operon. The short insertion, IS1 (800 nucleotide pairs), is about 15 to 50% suppressed, whereas longer insertions, IS2 (1,400 nucleotide pairs), and IS3 (1,200 nucleotide pairs), are not. Some of the polarity suppressor mutations (psu-1, psu-2, and psu-3) are at least partially permissive for N-gene mutations (N7 and N53) of bacteriophage lambda, suggesting a relationship between natural and mutational polar signals. That this relationship may be complex is indicated by the fact that other suppressor mutations, effective in suppressing nonsense or insertion polarity, fail entirely to permit the growth of lambda N mutants.

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