A correlation between sensitization to gamma-rays by purine starvation and the rec genes in Escherichia coli K-12 |
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Authors: | Jeremy E Baptist Frank M Starkey Benjamin S Friesen and Dominic A Scudiero |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Radiation Biophysics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary After purine staration the recombination proficient (Rec+) strains of E. coli K-12 tested were sensitized to inactivation by gamma-rays (Figs. 1–4). No such change was noted in the Rec– strains tested (Fig. 5). These results suggest that purine starvation may sensitize cells to ionizing radiation by inhibiting repair controlled by the recA, recB and recC genes.This paper was reported in part at the Fourteenth Annual meeting of the Biophysical Society in Baltimore, Md., 25–27 February 1970. |
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