A brief consideration of the SOS inducing signal.

doi:10.1016/s0300-9084(82)80133-8

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A brief consideration of the SOS inducing signal.

Biochimie - 1 Jan 2000

Roberts J W, Phizicky E M, Burbee D G, Roberts C W, Moreau P L

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SOS functions are induced in E. coli by treatments that damage cellular DNA or interrupt its synthesis. The biochemical basis of induction is activation of the specific proteolytic activity of recA protein, which then inactivates the lexA repressor. We discuss the development of the inducing sign...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Carrier Proteins
DNA Repair
DNA Replication
Escherichia coli
Mutation
Rec A Recombinases
Repressor Proteins
Serine Endopeptidases

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