Effect of bacteriophage C5 on ultraviolet light survival in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Bacteriophage C5 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to reactivate ultraviolet (u.v.)-irradiated phage E79 in coinfection experiments and decrease the u.v.-sensitivity of a host-cell reactivation deficient mutant. These properties suggest that phage C5 has a gene(s) which is involved in the repair of u.v.-damaged DNA. The isolation of two u.v.-sensitive mutants of C5 supports this hypothesis.
D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000528:radiation effects; D005814:Genes, Viral; D009154:Mutation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
D004269:DNA, Bacterial