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J Bacteriol. 1977 December; 132(3): 904-911

Genetic analysis of the Escherichia coli K-12 srl region.

ABSTRACT

Specialized transducing lambda derivatives, deletion mapping, and Plkc transductional crosses have been used to analyze the genetic organization and regulation of the srl genes. Transducing phages obtained from a secondary site lambda insertion in srlA are of two types: lambdapsrlC1 and lambdaprecA are substituted in the b2 region of the lambda chromosome (galtype) and carry the srlC gene but not srlD; lambdapsrlD is substituted in the early region of the phage deoxyribonucleic acid (biotype) and carries the srlD gene but not srlC. The lambdapsrlC1 phage, which lysogenizes at attlambda, complements srlC mutants in trans, indicating that this gene codes for a diffusable positive regulatory element. The srl genes have been ordered relative to the cysC, recA, and alaS genes by two- and three-factor P1kc crosses. The order, cysC...srlD-srlA-srlC-recA-alaS, has been obtained. The srlA and srlD genes comprise an operon with srlD operator distal. From the secondary site lysogen, it has been possible to obtain deletion mutants of this region that are sensitive to ultraviolet light and are recombination deficient. Genetic evidence suggests that these deletions extend from srl into the recA gene.

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