Functional characteristics of the recA gene from Serratia marcescens strain Sb

I V Bakhlanova; A A Alexseyev; E N Zaitsev; E M Zaitseva; I M Stepanova; V A Lanzov

doi:10.1016/0378-1119(91)90236-5

Functional characteristics of the recA gene from Serratia marcescens strain Sb

Gene. 1991 May 15;101(1):139-41. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90236-5.

Authors

I V Bakhlanova¹, A A Alexseyev, E N Zaitsev, E M Zaitseva, I M Stepanova, V A Lanzov

Affiliation

¹ Molecular Genetics Laboratory, B.P. Konstantinov Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R.

PMID: 2060790
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90236-5

Abstract

The cloned recA gene from Serratia marcescens Sb was expressed and complemented defects in the UV repair, recombination, and SOS induction of an Escherichia coli host deleted for recA. Moreover, the Serratia gene, recA (Sm), supported the same frequency of recombination per unit length of DNA as did the homologous Escherichia coli gene, recA(Ec).

MeSH terms

Cloning, Molecular
DNA Repair*
Genes, Bacterial*
Genetic Complementation Test
Genetic Linkage
Rec A Recombinases / genetics*
Recombination, Genetic
Restriction Mapping
Serratia marcescens / genetics*

Substances

Rec A Recombinases