Induction of mutations in bacteriophage T7 by gamma-rays: no influence of the SOS repair pathway.
Under conditions where the reversion of an amber mutant of bacteriophage lambda by gamma-rays is enhanced by subjecting the irradiated phage to SOS repair, gamma-ray-induced reversion of two T7 ambers is not influenced by this error-prone bacterial repair system. The survival of T7 gamma-irradiated under anoxic conditions is somewhat enhanced by SOS repair, whereas the survival of phage irradiated under oxygen is not affected.
D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000528:radiation effects; D004260:DNA Repair; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005720:Gamma Rays; D009154:Mutation; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D013604:T-Phages / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects*
D004279:DNA, Viral