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. 1985;201(2):301-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF00425675.

The recN locus of Escherichia coli K12: molecular analysis and identification of the gene product

S M Picksley, S J Morton, R G Lloyd

The recN locus of Escherichia coli K12: molecular analysis and identification of the gene product

S M Picksley et al. Mol Gen Genet. 1985.

Abstract

The recN gene which is necessary for inducible DNA repair and recombination in Escherichia coli has been cloned into the low copy plasmid vector pHSG415. Analysis of the recombinant plasmid, pSP100, revealed a 5.6 Kb HindIII insert of chromosomal DNA. Transposon inactivation of recN function and analysis of a recN::Mu(Ap lac) fusion located the coding region to a 1.4 Kb region within a 2.1 Kb BglII-AvaI DNA fragment transcribed in a clockwise direction with respect to the chromosome map. The gene product was identified in maxicells as a 60,000 dalton protein. Synthesis of this protein was increased in cells lacking LexA activity or in strains carrying recN cloned into the multicopy vector pBR322. Multiple copies of recN increase resistance to ionizing radiation in recN mutants but reduce the survival of a wild-type strain.

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