Viability of Escherichia coli K-12 DNA adenine methylase (dam) mutants requires increased expression of specific genes in the SOS regulon

Experiments in molecular genetics

1972 • 28,260 citations

Advanced bacterial genetics

1980 • 2,388 citations

Compilation and analysis ofEscherichia colipromoter DNA sequences

1983 • 2,228 citations

Mutagenesis and inducible responses to deoxyribonucleic acid damage in Escherichia coli

1984 • 1,608 citations

Ultraviolet mutagenesis and inducible DNA repair in Escherichia coli

1976 • 1,572 citations

The SOS regulatory system of Escherichia coli

1982 • 1,491 citations

Ultraviolet mutagenesis and inducible DNA repair in Escherichia coli.

1976 • 942 citations

pBR322 restriction map derived from the DNA sequence: accurate DNA size markers up to 4361 nucleotide pairs long

1978 • 768 citations

Mutagenesis and inducible responses to deoxyribonucleic acid damage in Escherichia coli.

1984 • 743 citations

Selection for loss of tetracycline resistance by Escherichia coli

1981 • 585 citations

RECOMBINATION DEFICIENT MUTANTS OF E. COLI AND OTHER BACTERIA

1973 • 568 citations

Cleavage of the Escherichia coli lexA protein by the recA protease.

1980 • 550 citations

DNA-damaging agents stimulate gene expression at specific loci in Escherichia coli.

1980 • 534 citations

Genetic analysis of the recF pathway to genetic recombination in Escherichia coli k12: Isolation and characterization of mutants

1973 • 479 citations

Mechanism of action of the lexA gene product.

1981 • 424 citations

Escherichia coli mutator mutants deficient in methylation-instructed DNA mismatch correction.

1980 • 391 citations

Methyl-directed repair of DNA base-pair mismatches in vitro.

1983 • 344 citations

Proteolytic cleavage of bacteriophage lambda repressor in induction.

1975 • 326 citations

EFFECTS OF HIGH LEVELS OF DNA ADENINE METHYLATION ON METHYL-DIRECTED MISMATCH REPAIR IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

1983 • 294 citations

Purified lexA protein is a repressor of the recA and lexA genes.

1981 • 286 citations

Biological function for 6-methyladenine residues in the DNA of Escherichia coli K12

1974 • 232 citations

Induced mutagenesis in dam − mutants of Escherichia coli: A role for 6-methyladenine residues in mutation avoidance

1978 • 198 citations

Biochemical and Genetic Studies of Recombination Proficiency in Escherichia coli , II. Rec ⁺ Revertants Caused by Indirect Suppression of Rec-Mutations

1970 • 197 citations

Pleiotropic effects of a DNA adenine methylation mutation (dam-3) in Escherichia coli K12

1975 • 183 citations

Regulation of SOS functions: Purification of E. coli LexA protein and determination of its specific site cleaved by the RecA protein

1981 • 178 citations

Effect of ruv mutations on recombination and DNA repair in Escherichia coli K12

1984 • 174 citations

Repair of DNA double-strand breaks in Escherichia coli K12 requires a functional recN product

1984 • 162 citations

The SOS regulatory system: Control of its state by the level of RecA protease

1983 • 159 citations

Activity of the Escherichia coli recA-gene Product

1979 • 153 citations

Genetic analysis of the recJ gene of Escherichia coli K-12

1984 • 145 citations

Insertion mutations in the dam gene of Escherichia coli K-12

1983 • 138 citations

Prophage induction and cell division in E. coli

1972 • 136 citations

Control of recA gene RNA in E. coli: Regulatory and signal genes

1980 • 136 citations

Dual role for Escherichia coli RecA protein in SOS mutagenesis.

1985 • 123 citations

Correlation of DNA adenine methylase activity with spontaneous mutability in Escherichia coli K-12

1984 • 114 citations

Inducible expression of a gene specific to the RecF pathway for recombination in Escherichia coli K12

1983 • 108 citations

Quantitative evaluation of recA gene expression in Escherichia coli

1982 • 108 citations

Induction of E. coli recA protein via recBC and alternate pathways: Quantitation by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

1982 • 104 citations

Functional domains of Escherichia coli recA protein deduced from the mutational sites in the gene

1984 • 103 citations

Characterization of DNA adenine methylation mutants of Escherichia coli K12

1979 • 103 citations

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MUTATIONS INDIRECTLY SUPPRESSING recB AND recC MUTATIONS

1972 • 102 citations

Damage to DNA induces expression of the ruv gene of Escherichia coli

1982 • 98 citations

Inactivation of prophage λ repressor in Vivo

1979 • 93 citations

The effect of lexA and recF mutations on post-replication repair and DNA synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12

1975 • 92 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the lexA gene of Escherichia coli K-12

1981 • 91 citations

Control of UV induction of recA protein.

1983 • 91 citations

Suppression of lex Mutations Affecting Deoxyribonucleic Acid Repair in Escherichia coli K-12 by Closely Linked Thermosensitive Mutations

1973 • 89 citations

Hyper-recombination in dam mutants of Escherichia coli K-12

1976 • 88 citations

Isolation and characterization of dam+ revertants and suppressor mutations that modify secondary phenotypes of dam-3 strains of Escherichia coli K-12

1980 • 85 citations

Measurement of in vivo expression of the recA gene of Escherichia coli by using lacZ gene fusions

1984 • 82 citations

Phenotypic reversal in dam mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 by a recombinant plasmid containing the dam+ gene

1983 • 81 citations

Two mutations that alter the regulatory activity of E. coli recA protein

1981 • 77 citations

Construction of a single-copy promoter vector and its use in analysis of regulation of the transposon Tn10 tetracycline resistance determinant

1984 • 74 citations

Genetic Analysis of Regulation of the RecF Pathway of Recombination in Escherichia coli K-12

1983 • 65 citations

Methylation of Prokaryotic DNA

1984 • 58 citations

The Escherichia coli uvrD gene is inducible by DNA damage

1983 • 53 citations

Mu dX, a derivative of Mu d1 (lac Apr) which makes stable lacZ fusions at high temperature

1983 • 52 citations

Characterisation of the promoter for the LexA regulated sulA gene of Escherichia coli

1983 • 50 citations

Complementation pattern of lexB and recA mutations in Escherichia coli K12; mapping of tif-1, lexB and recA mutations

1977 • 45 citations

Inactivation of phage repressor in a permeable cell system: role of recBC DNase in induction.

1978 • 37 citations

DNA methylation influences trpR promoter activity in Escherichia coli K-12

1985 • 35 citations

Influence of the recF143 mutation of Escherichia coli K12 on prophage λ induction

1978 • 31 citations

lexB: A New Gene Governing Radiation Sensitivity and Lysogenic Induction in Escherichia coli K12

1975 • 30 citations

recF-dependent induction of recA synthesis by coumermycin, a specific inhibitor of the B subunit of DNA gyrase.

1983 • 28 citations

Induction of damage inducible (SOS) repair in dam mutants of Escherichia coli exposed to 2-aminopurine

1984 • 24 citations

Rapid mutational analysis of regulatory loci in Escherichia coli K-12 using bacteriophage M13.

1984 • 22 citations

recF-dependent recombination as a SOS function

1982 • 20 citations

Restoration of RecA protein activity by genetic complementation

1984 • 18 citations

Mutants of Escherichia coli K12 which Affect Excision of Transposon TN10

1982 • 17 citations

Increased UV-inducibility of SOS functions in a dam-3 mutant of Escherichia coli K12 uvrA

1978 • 17 citations

Prophage induction in a permeabilized cell system: induction by deoxyribonucleases and the role of recBC-deoxyribonuclease

1980 • 14 citations

A temperature sensitive RecA protein of Escherichia coli

1981 • 10 citations