Title
Isolation and characterization of Dam+ revertants and suppressor mutations that modify secondary phenotypes of dam-3 strains of Escherichia coli K-12
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
1980-01-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adenine; Crosses, Genetic; DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase; Escherichia coli; *Genes; Methyltransferases; Mutation; Phenotype; *Recombination, Genetic; *Suppression, Genetic
Disciplines
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
Abstract
Bacteria mutant in the dam (DNA adenine methylation) gene and in either recA or recB or recC genes are inviable (Virm- phenotype). From crosses between dam-3 bacteria and recA1 or recB21 recC22 strains, Vrm+ recombinants were recovered. Among these recombinants, Dam+ revertants were present which did not show the phenotypes normally associated with dam-3 bacteria. Three classes of indirectly suppressed strains (dam-3 genotype) were also recovered which showed alterations in the secondary phenotypes normally associated with dam-3 bacteria. These strains contained a second unlinked mutation in either mutL or mutS or sin. In addition, mutation in either sbcA or sbcB supresses the Vrm- phenotype of dam-3 recB21 recC22 strains.
Source
Mol Gen Genet. 1980;178(2):309-15.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Molecular and general genetics : MGG
Related Resources
PubMed ID
6993844
Repository Citation
McGraw BR, Marinus MG. (1980). Isolation and characterization of Dam+ revertants and suppressor mutations that modify secondary phenotypes of dam-3 strains of Escherichia coli K-12. Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Publications. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/bmp_pp/16