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Interspecies regulation of the SOS response by the E. coli lexA+ gene
Mutation Research
|May 1, 1985
Abstract:
A plasmid-encoded E. coli lexA+ gene was introduced into 6 species of Enterobacteria. Ultraviolet light-sensitization occurred in all species except P. rettgeri, and 4 organisms showed reduced inducibility of RecA-like proteins. The mechanism of lexA+ control of the SOS response therefore appears common to several species.