Nucleic Acids Research, 1984, Vol. 12, No. 3 1563-1572
© 1984
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Lysogenization of ultraviolet-irradiated Escherichia coli with
: dependence on the recA and recB gene products
mic
ko
erman*
*

eljko Trgov
evi
Department of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Institute Rudjer Bo
kovi
41001 Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
*Department of Biology, Medical Faculity, University of Zagreb 41001 Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Received December 6, 1983. Accepted January 6, 1984.
The lysogenization of ultraviolet-irradiated Escherichia coli cells by the
. phage was studied. Genetic analysis indicates that changes in the number of the lysogenized cell during post-UV growth is primarily due to the change in the proteolytic activity of RecA protein. Full proteolytic activity is achieved only in the presence of the functional recB gene product.