Open AccessMechanism of phage Mu-1 integration: nalidixic acid treatment causes clustering of Mu-1-induced mutations near replication origin.
Author(s) -
Luciano Paolozzi,
Richard Jucker,
E. Calef
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.75.10.4940
Subject(s) - nalidixic acid , mutant , dna replication , replication (statistics) , point mutation , biology , dna synthesis , mutation , dna , escherichia coli , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , gene , virology
Frequencies of Mu-1-induced mutants of Escherichia coli have been compared under two different experimental conditions: cells in exponential growth and the same cells treated with nalidixic acid. The average of values obtained from the nalidixic acid-treated culture is 3 times higher than that obtained from the control. Individual ratios of the frequency of mutants in the two cultures yield decreasing values from 6 to 1, starting from the point of origin of DNA replication to the termini of DNA replication. These results are compatible with the idea that Mu-1 integrates at the replication fork.
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