Some aspects of the SOS response system - A critical survey.

• Authors: Celina Janion
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The SOS system and SOS mutagenesis are frequently studied, or exploited to obtain an increase in mutagenicity of bacteria. Here a short survey is made of the phenomenon of SOS response with special attention to latest and less discussed data, especially the induction of the SOS system in response to cell starvation or mutation of certain genes and the role of inducible DNA polymerases.

Keywords

EN

SOS response; error-prone DNA polymerases; chronic SOS induction; DNA-repair; adaptive mutations; DNA mutations

• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2001
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 599-610

Dates

published

2001

received

2001-03-12

revised

2001-05-14

accepted

2001-06-6

Contributors

author

Celina Janion

• Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland

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