TY - JOUR
T1 - Stimulation of recombination between homologous sequences on plasmid DNA and chromosomal DNA in Escherichia coli by N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene
AU - Luisi-DeLuca, C.
AU - Porter, R. D.
AU - Taylor, W. D.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - A plasmid containing a wild-type lac operon and a tetracycline-resistance gene was covalently modified by N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene and used to transform two series of Lac- Escherichia coli cell types. Each set contained wild-type and repair-deficient mutants. One set of cells contained a lacY mutation and other a deletion of the entire lac operon. Survival and mutagenesis of the plasmid were measured as a function of the N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene concentration. The results indicate that when no homologous sequences are present in the chromosomal DNA, mutations occur at a low frequency: at 10% survival the frequency was 1-2 x 10-4 mutants per transformant. When homologous sequences, the lacY allele, are present in the chromosomal DNA, Lac- plasmids are found at a high frequency in a recA-dependent, lexA-independent fashion: at 10% survival the frequency was 5-10 x 10-2 mutants per transformant. Southern blot analysis of the restriction enzyme profiles of the resulting plasmid and the host-cell DNA sequences showed recombinational transfer of host sequences to the N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene-treated plasmid had occurred. When the host chromosomes contained Lac+ homologous sequences no mutants were found, indicating that the results were not caused by error-prone recombination.
AB - A plasmid containing a wild-type lac operon and a tetracycline-resistance gene was covalently modified by N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene and used to transform two series of Lac- Escherichia coli cell types. Each set contained wild-type and repair-deficient mutants. One set of cells contained a lacY mutation and other a deletion of the entire lac operon. Survival and mutagenesis of the plasmid were measured as a function of the N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene concentration. The results indicate that when no homologous sequences are present in the chromosomal DNA, mutations occur at a low frequency: at 10% survival the frequency was 1-2 x 10-4 mutants per transformant. When homologous sequences, the lacY allele, are present in the chromosomal DNA, Lac- plasmids are found at a high frequency in a recA-dependent, lexA-independent fashion: at 10% survival the frequency was 5-10 x 10-2 mutants per transformant. Southern blot analysis of the restriction enzyme profiles of the resulting plasmid and the host-cell DNA sequences showed recombinational transfer of host sequences to the N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene-treated plasmid had occurred. When the host chromosomes contained Lac+ homologous sequences no mutants were found, indicating that the results were not caused by error-prone recombination.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.81.9.2831
DO - 10.1073/pnas.81.9.2831
M3 - Article
C2 - 6371821
AN - SCOPUS:0021259405
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 81
SP - 2831
EP - 2835
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 9 I
ER -