DNA degradation in wild-type and repair-deficient strains of salmonella typhimurium exposed to ultraviolet light of photodynamic treatment
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- DOI: 10.1099/00221287-101-1-143
DNA degradation in wild-type and repair-deficient strains of salmonella typhimurium exposed to ultraviolet light of photodynamic treatment
Abstract
Five mutants of Salmonella typhimurium strain LT2 trp DI (ColEI)+, initiallly detected because they released little or no colicin when tested on solid medium, proved to be sensitive to ultraviotet light (u.v.). Further testing indicated that one of the mutants was deficient in genetic recombination and was probably a recA-type mutant, while three of the others were deficient in DNA polymerase activity and appeared to be typical polA mutants. The fifth mutant was less sensitive than the others to methyl methanesulphonate, showed reduced proficiency in genetic recombination, and was of approximately normal u.v. mutability. This mutant may be a counterpart of the class known as uvrD in Escherichia coli. All five mutants degraded significantly more of their DNA following exposure to u.v. than did the wild-type strain. The recA-type mutant and the possible uvrD mutant also degraded significantly more of their DNA spontaneously than did the wild-type. Treatment with visible light and acridine orange (photodynamic treatment) cause no significant degradation of DNA in the wild-type strain, a highly significant increase in the extent of DNA degradation in a polA mutant, and a decrease in the extent of degradation in the recA-type mutant.
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