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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
A method to obtain amber mutations in ribosomal protein genes is described. tit relies on the P1-mediated localized mutagenesis (Hong and Ames, 1971) and on the fact that the recipient strain contains (a) an efficient but genetically unstable suppressor, (b) a particular thermoinducible lambda prophage which kills suppressor hosts at 42 degrees C. Exposure of these bacteria to the high temperature yields frequent suppressor-free derivatives while none will be found if the strain carries an amber mutation in an essential gene. Eleven mutants have been isolated by this method, of which at least six appear to carry amber mutations. All of them map close to, and to the right of spcA, in a region which codes mostly for ribosomal proteins. Three mutants were studied biochemically; all three show defective ribosomal assembly in vivo upon loss of suppression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0026-8925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
157
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
149-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Amber mutations in Escherichia coli essential genes: isolation of mutants affected in the ribosomes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article