Article
The SOS system.
Biochimie - 1 Jan 2000
d'Ari R
Abstract excerpt
In the bacterium Escherichia coli DNA damaging treatments such as ultraviolet or ionizing radiation induce a set of functions called collectively the SOS response, reviewed here. The regulation of the SOS response involves a repressor, the LexA protein, and an inducer, the RecA protein. After DNA...
Topics
- Bacteriophages
- Cell Division
- DNA Repair
- DNA Replication
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- Endonucleases
- Escherichia coli
- Genes, Bacterial
- Lysogeny
- Mutation
- Operon
- Rec A Recombinases
- Ultraviolet Rays
- Virus Activation