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Biochemical and genetic studies of recombination proficiency in Escherichia coli K12

IV. Analysis of recombinants formed by a recombination deficient (recB21 recC22) strain

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Residual genetic recombination is carried out by recB - recC - mutants of E. coli. Recombinants (for one gene) formed by a recB - recC - parent were shown to be as recombination deficient as their parent, when recombination of a second gene is measured. Therefore the resididual recombination cannot be attributed to a genetically recombination proficient fraction of the parent recB - recC - culture. I conclude that each recB - recC - parent cell is capable of carrying out genetic recombination. This conclusion is consistent with the existence of an alternate (and minor) recombination mechanism in E. coli K12, independent of the recB + recC + mediated steps.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Case Western Reserve, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Stephen D. Barbour

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Communicated by W. Maas

The previous paper in this series was Capaldo-Kimball and Barbour, Involvement of Recombination Genes in Growth and Viability, J. Bact. April (1971).

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Barbour, S.D. Biochemical and genetic studies of recombination proficiency in Escherichia coli K12. Molec. gen. Genet. 117, 303–309 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333024

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