Mutation and recombination of bacteriophage lambda: effect of ultraviolet radiation

Defects in the bacterial recB or recC or phage red or int gene did not impair ultraviolet light-induced clear mutations of lambda phage. Clear mutants of cI and cII genes were not enriched among RecA-promoted UV-induced recombinants between the N and O genes which closely encompass the c genes. No correlation was observed between UV-induced mutation and genetic recombination.