Transduction of Escherichia coli trp Genes in Salmonella typhimurium and Effect of N-Methyl-N′-Nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine on Transduction with Heterogenotic DNA
SUMMARY: P1Kc-mediated transduction of Escherichia coli trp genes occurred at a frequency of about 10−8 in Salmonella typhimurium trp strains carrying mutations determining sensitivity to P1 and a low level of restriction enzymes. Heterospecific transductants were analysed by using them as donors in second-stage transductions mediated by bacteriophage KB int. One class of heterospecific transductants had the phenotype Trp+ Pro− but were extremely unstable and reverted at high frequency (up to 80%) to the parental phenotype. The Trp+ Pro− phenotype probably represents insertions of the E. coli trp genes in the S. typhimurium pro genes. It was stable in a RecA background.
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Transduction of Escherichia coli trp Genes in Salmonella typhimurium and Effect of N-Methyl-N′-Nitro-N-Nitrosoguanidine on Transduction with Heterogenotic DNA