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Wakayama, Y, Takagi, M and Yano, K (1984) Gene responsible for protecting Escherichia coli from sodium dodecyl sulfate and toluidine blue plus light. J. Bacteriol. 159:527-32

Abstract

Escherichia coli cells were killed by visible light irradiation in the presence of the photosensitizing dye, toluidine blue. Two uvrB mutant strains of E. coli K-12 (AB1885 and N3-1) were much more sensitive than the isogenic uvrA and uvrC strains to treatment with toluidine blue plus light, suggesting that the uvrB+ gene product was involved in repair of DNA damage induced by the treatment. The uvrB+ gene cloned in a high- or low-copy-number plasmid was transformed into the uvrB strain (AB1885). Although all the transformants showed the same resistance as its wild-type strain (AB1157) to UV irradiation, they were as sensitive as AB1885 was to treatment with toluidine blue plus light. The two uvrB strains were more sensitive to sodium dodecyl sulfate than the other strains, suggesting that these strains had a defect in the cell surface. A sodium dodecyl sulfate-resistant revertant obtained from AB1885 was more resistant than AB1885 was to treatment with toluidine blue plus light. The two uvrB strains (AB1885 and N3-1) appear to have a defective gene (tentatively called dvl) different from uvrB. Its map position was around 7 min on the E. coli map.

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PubMed PMC215676

Keywords

Base Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; DNA Restriction Enzymes; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Escherichia coli/drug effects; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/radiation effects; Genes, Bacterial; Kinetics; Light; Mutation; Plasmids; Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate/toxicity; Species Specificity; Tolonium Chloride/toxicity; Ultraviolet Rays

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