Lloyd R G, Low B
Genetics. 1976 Dec;84(4):675-95. doi: 10.1093/genetics/84.4.675.
Genetic recombination was studied in E. coli mutants that carry lesions in the recA gene but retain some capacity for generating recombinant progeny. We observed that recombination was detectable only at a very low level during the incubation of leaky RecA- merozygotes in broth. However, recombination appeared to occur at much higher frequencies when recombinant progeny were assayed by selection on minimal agar. Analysis of the recombinants obtained with Hfr donors revealed a deficiency of multiple exchanges per unit length of DNA in leaky RecA- strains. In many of these crosses recombinants that inherited donor alleles close to the transfer origin were much reduced in frequency, except when the recipient was also RecB-.
在携带recA基因损伤但仍保留一定产生重组后代能力的大肠杆菌突变体中研究了基因重组。我们观察到,在肉汤中培养渗漏型RecA - 部分二倍体时,仅能以非常低的水平检测到重组。然而,当通过在基本琼脂上进行选择来检测重组后代时,重组似乎以高得多的频率发生。对用高频重组(Hfr)供体获得的重组体的分析表明,渗漏型RecA - 菌株中每单位长度DNA的多次交换存在缺陷。在许多这样的杂交中,除了受体也是RecB - 的情况外,继承靠近转移起点的供体等位基因的重组体频率大大降低。