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Lethal effects of pyrimidine dimers induced at 365 nm in strains of E. coli differing in repair capability. 1976

R B Webb, and M S Brown, and R M Tyrrell

Photoreactivation (PR) after 365-nm inactivation was measured in four strains of Escherichia coli differing in repair capability. Photoreactivation was observed in the recA strains K12 AB2480 and K12 AB2463 indicating a significant role of pyrimidine dimers in the lethal action of 365-nm radiation in these strains. Significant PR was not observed in the uvrA strain, K12 AB1886, or in the repair proficient strain, K12 AB1157, after 365-nm inactivation. Biological evidence indicated that stationary phase cells had not lost the capacity for photo-enzymatic repair after fluences of 365-nm radiation of 2 X 10(6) J/m-2 or less. It is proposed that pyrimidine dimers, although induced, are not significant 365-nm lethal lesions in uvrA and wild-type strains because of their efficient dark repair.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D011740 Pyrimidine Dimers Dimers found in DNA chains damaged by ULTRAVIOLET RAYS. They consist of two adjacent PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDES, usually THYMINE nucleotides, in which the pyrimidine residues are covalently joined by a cyclobutane ring. These dimers block DNA REPLICATION. Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer,Cyclobutane-Pyrimidine Dimer,Cytosine-Thymine Dimer,Pyrimidine Dimer,Thymine Dimer,Thymine Dimers,Cyclobutane-Pyrimidine Dimers,Cytosine-Thymine Dimers,Thymine-Cyclobutane Dimer,Thymine-Thymine Cyclobutane Dimer,Cyclobutane Dimer, Thymine-Thymine,Cyclobutane Dimers, Thymine-Thymine,Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers,Cytosine Thymine Dimer,Cytosine Thymine Dimers,Pyrimidine Dimer, Cyclobutane,Pyrimidine Dimers, Cyclobutane,Thymine Cyclobutane Dimer,Thymine Thymine Cyclobutane Dimer,Thymine-Cyclobutane Dimers,Thymine-Thymine Cyclobutane Dimers
D004255 Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase An enzyme that catalyzes the reactivation by light of UV-irradiated DNA. It breaks two carbon-carbon bonds in PYRIMIDINE DIMERS in DNA. DNA Photolyase,DNA Photoreactivating Enzyme,Photoreactivating Enzyme,Photoreactivation Enzyme,DNA Photolyases,Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photolyase,Photolyase,Photolyases,Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo Lyase,Photo-Lyase, Deoxyribodipyrimidine,Photolyase, DNA,Photolyase, Deoxyribodipyrimidine,Photolyases, DNA,Photoreactivating Enzyme, DNA
D004260 DNA Repair The removal of DNA LESIONS and/or restoration of intact DNA strands without BASE PAIR MISMATCHES, intrastrand or interstrand crosslinks, or discontinuities in the DNA sugar-phosphate backbones. DNA Damage Response
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli

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