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Bacterial mutants able to partly suppress the effect of N mutations in bacteriophage lambda.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG ·Vol. 136 ·No. 2 ·1975-00-00 ·Pages 167-80

Brunel F, Davison J

Abstract

A method is described whereby bacterial mutants (sun) may be selected which are able to specifically suppress mutations in the N gene of bacteriophage lambda. The sun mutations seem to be allelic to suA mutations, which suppress the polarity of nonsense codons, since suA mutants have all of the properties of sun mutants and both are genetically linked to the ilv gene. In the light of these experiments and recent data by others, models originally suggested to explain polarity in bacterial operons, are discussed with regard to their possible relevance to the mechanism of N action.

MeSH Terms
Bacteriophage lambda/genetics Genes, Viral Mutation Operon Suppression, Genetic
Authors & Affiliations
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Brunel F
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh.
Davison J
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Article Info
Journal
Molecular & general genetics : MGG
Abbr.
Mol Gen Genet
ISSN
0026-8925
DOI
10.1007/BF00272037
Published
1975-00-00
Pages
167-80
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0125036
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00272037
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