title: Genetic control of recombination exchange frequency in Escherichia coli K-12.
abstract: The frequency of recombination exchanges per unit length of DNA (Freuld) can be estimated by measuring the scale of the genetic map that is the mean statistical distance between two neighboring crossovers. The scales appear to be equal for the alternative pathways of recombination, RecBCD (wild-type cells) or RecF (recBC- sbcB- sbcC- genotypes). The absolute value of the scale depends on specific experimental conditions. recR, recQ, ruv, recJ and recN genes of the RecF pathway of recombination (recBC- sbcBC- cell genotypes) do not appear to be silent in wild-type cells where the RecBCD pathway predominates. On the contrary, these genes are responsible for the Freuld. The list recF504::Kmr greater than recQ61::Tn3 greater than ruv-54 greater than recJ284::Tn10 shows decreasing efficiency in inhibiting recombination exchanges by these mutations. The recN264 mutation gives a small, but opposite effect of increasing the frequency of recombination exchanges. The effect of the recF and recQ mutations appears to be additive, but that is not the case in combinations of ruv-54 with recF504::Kmr or recQ61::Tn3.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute, USSR.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lanzov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stepanova
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vinogradskaja
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D009154:Mutation; D053484:RecQ Helicases; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C489340:recF protein, E coli; C066218:recF protein, Bacteria; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C506724:RecQ protein, E coli; D004265:DNA Helicases; D053484:RecQ Helicases