Silver R P, Cohen S N
J Bacteriol. 1972 Jun;110(3):1082-8. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.3.1082-1088.1972.
Several distinct types of derepressed R factor mutants have been isolated and identified following nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. One class of mutants appears to synthesize a temperature-sensitive repressor substance, as shown by the effects of temperature on R factor transfer, on male-specific phage sensitivity, and on F factor and Hfr transfer. In addition, two classes of repressor-in-sensitive derepressed R factor mutants have been identified: although both inhibit F factor transfer at 42 and 32 C, one mutant (R6-5drd50) represses its own fertility at only the low temperature. These results imply the existance of a plasmid-specific component of the R factor repression system, in addition to a component which acts on both R and F factor fertility.
在亚硝基胍诱变后,已分离并鉴定出几种不同类型的去阻遏R因子突变体。一类突变体似乎合成了一种温度敏感的阻遏物质,这可从温度对R因子转移、对雄性特异性噬菌体敏感性以及对F因子和Hfr转移的影响中看出。此外,还鉴定出了两类对阻遏物不敏感的去阻遏R因子突变体:尽管两者在42℃和32℃时都抑制F因子转移,但一个突变体(R6 - 5drd50)仅在低温下抑制自身的育性。这些结果表明,除了一个作用于R和F因子育性的成分外,R因子阻遏系统还存在一个质粒特异性成分。