Possible correlation between transformability and deficiency in error-prone repair.
We have investigated the relationship between UV-induced mutability (as a measure of an error-prone repair process) and the genetic transformability of transformable and nontransformable bacterial strains. The data suggest a correlation between chromosomal transformability and a deficiency in an error-prone repair system in bacteria.
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000235:genetics; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D009343:Neisseria / Q000235:genetics; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000235:genetics; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
D004269:DNA, Bacterial