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. 1983 May;154(2):743–747. doi: 10.1128/jb.154.2.743-747.1983

New mutation (mmrA1) in Escherichia coli K-12 that affects minimal medium recovery and postreplication repair after UV irradiation.

R C Sharma, N J Sargentini, K C Smith
PMCID: PMC217524  PMID: 6341360

Abstract

After UV irradiation, Escherichia coli uvrA mutant cells show higher survival on minimal than on rich growth medium, i.e., they show minimal-medium recovery. This effect of rich growth medium on survival is not observed in a uvrA mutant carrying an mmrA1 mutation, and the uvrA mmrA strain showed the same survival rate on minimal and rich growth media as the uvrA strain did on minimal medium plates. The mmrA1 mutation was isolated as a hidden mutation from a uvrA polA mutant strain and shown to map at 84.3 min on the E. coli K-12 linkage map. In contrast to the uvrA strain, the repair of DNA daughter strand gaps was not inhibited in the uvrA mmrA strain by rich growth medium after irradiation. However, the uvrA and uvrA mmrA strains were similar in their ability to repair DNA when compared in minimal medium. These data are consistent with the idea that the mmr gene product is not involved directly in the repair of UV radiation-induced DNA damage, but rather allows rich growth medium to inhibit a portion of postreplication repair.

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