SOS Response

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General Description

Components

  • LexA
  • RecA
  • SfiA (a.k.a. SulA)

Function

Regulation

Cell Biology

The expression of multiple genes is upregulated upon induction of the SOS response:

Experimental Resources

Several antibiotics induce the SOS response

  • mitomycin C (working concentration-0.1 µg/ml)[1]

Comparison with other organisms

Notes

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wang, L & Lutkenhaus, J (1998) FtsK is an essential cell division protein that is localized to the septum and induced as part of the SOS response. Mol. Microbiol. 29 731-40 PubMed