title: Chloramphenicol pretreatment enhances resistance to UV, X-rays and H2O2 damage in Escherichia coli but not of infecting UV-damaged phages.
abstract: Chloramphenicol pretreatment of Escherichia coli increases resistance to UV, X-rays and H2O2 damage. Increased survival of UV-irradiated, infecting lambda phages is not observed. The hypothesis that enhanced survival of chloramphenicol-pretreated cells is due to the induction of plasmid "repairons" is questioned.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiobiologia, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Leitão
mesh_terms: D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D002701:Chloramphenicol; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide