title: Cloning and characterization of mutL and mutS genes of Vibrio cholerae: nucleotide sequence of the mutL gene.
abstract: The mutL and mutS genes of Vibrio cholerae have been identified using interspecific complementation of Escherichia coli mutL and mutS mutants with plasmids containing the gene bank of V. cholerae. The recombinant plasmid pJT470, containing a 4.7 kb fragment of V. cholerae DNA codes for a protein of molecular weight 92,000. The product of this gene reduces the spontaneous mutation frequency of the E. coli mutS mutant. The plasmid, designated pJT250, containing a 2.5 kb DNA fragment of V. cholerae and coding for a protein of molecular weight 62,000, complements the mutL gene function of E. coli mutL mutants. These gene products are involved in the repair of mismatches in DNA. The complete nucleotide sequence of mutL gene of V. cholerae has been determined.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta.
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Bera
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes