@article {827,
	title = {Multiple genetic pathways for restarting DNA replication forks in Escherichia coli K-12.},
	journal = {Genetics},
	volume = {155},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000 Jun},
	pages = {487-97},
	abstract = {In Escherichia coli, the primosome assembly proteins, PriA, PriB, PriC, DnaT, DnaC, DnaB, and DnaG, are thought to help to restart DNA replication forks at recombinational intermediates. Redundant functions between priB and priC and synthetic lethality between priA2::kan and rep3 mutations raise the possibility that there may be multiple pathways for restarting replication forks in vivo. Herein, it is shown that priA2::kan causes synthetic lethality when placed in combination with either Deltarep::kan or priC303:kan. These determinations were made using a nonselective P1 transduction-based viability assay. Two different priA2::kan suppressors (both dnaC alleles) were tested for their ability to rescue the priA-priC and priA-rep double mutant lethality. Only dnaC809,820 (and not dnaC809) could rescue the lethality in each case. Additionally, it was shown that the absence of the 3{\textquoteright}-5{\textquoteright} helicase activity of both PriA and Rep is not the critical missing function that causes the synthetic lethality in the rep-priA double mutant. One model proposes that replication restart at recombinational intermediates occurs by both PriA-dependent and PriA-independent pathways. The PriA-dependent pathways require at least priA and priB or priC, and the PriA-independent pathway requires at least priC and rep. It is further hypothesized that the dnaC809 suppression of priA2::kan requires priC and rep, whereas dnaC809,820 suppression of priA2::kan does not.},
	keywords = {Base Sequence, DNA Primers, DNA Replication, Escherichia coli, Genes, Lethal, Mutation, Polymerase Chain Reaction},
	issn = {0016-6731},
	author = {Sandler, S J}
}
@article {832,
	title = {Diversity of radA genes from cultured and uncultured archaea: comparative analysis of putative RadA proteins and their use as a phylogenetic marker.},
	journal = {J Bacteriol},
	volume = {181},
	year = {1999},
	month = {1999 Feb},
	pages = {907-15},
	abstract = {Archaea-specific radA primers were used with PCR to amplify fragments of radA genes from 11 cultivated archaeal species and one marine sponge tissue sample that contained essentially an archaeal monoculture. The amino acid sequences encoded by the PCR fragments, three RadA protein sequences previously published (21), and two new complete RadA sequences were aligned with representative bacterial RecA proteins and eucaryal Rad51 and Dmc1 proteins. The alignment supported the existence of four insertions and one deletion in the archaeal and eucaryal sequences relative to the bacterial sequences. The sizes of three of the insertions were found to have taxonomic and phylogenetic significance. Comparative analysis of the RadA sequences, omitting amino acids in the insertions and deletions, shows a cladal distribution of species which mimics to a large extent that obtained by a similar analysis of archaeal 16S rRNA sequences. The PCR technique also was used to amplify fragments of 15 radA genes from uncultured natural sources. Phylogenetic analysis of the amino acid sequences encoded by these fragments reveals several clades with affinity, sometimes only distant, to the putative RadA proteins of several species of Crenarcheota. The two most deeply branching archaeal radA genes found had some amino acid deletion and insertion patterns characteristic of bacterial recA genes. Possible explanations are discussed. Finally, signature codons are presented to distinguish among RecA protein family members.},
	keywords = {Amino Acid Sequence, Archaea, Archaeal Proteins, Bacteria, Bacterial Proteins, Cloning, Molecular, DNA Primers, DNA Repair, DNA-Binding Proteins, Evolution, Molecular, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Recombinant Proteins, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sequence Alignment},
	issn = {0021-9193},
	author = {Sandler, S J and Hugenholtz, P and Schleper, C and DeLong, E F and Pace, N R and Clark, A J}
}
@article {839,
	title = {Studies on the mechanism of reduction of UV-inducible sulAp expression by recF overexpression in Escherichia coli K-12.},
	journal = {Mol Gen Genet},
	volume = {245},
	year = {1994},
	month = {1994 Dec 15},
	pages = {741-9},
	abstract = {UV-inducible sulAp expression, an indicator of the SOS response, is reduced by recF+ overexpression in vivo. Different DNA-damaging agents and amounts of RecO and RecR were tested for their effects on this phenotype. It was found that recF+ overexpression reduced sulAp expression after DNA damage by mitomycin C or nalidixic acid, recO+ and recR+ overexpression partially suppressed the reduction of UV-induced sulAp expression caused by recF+ overexpression. The requirement for ATP binding to RecF to produce the phenotype was tested by genetically altering the putative phosphate binding cleft of recF in a way that should prevent the mutant recF protein from binding ATP. It was found that a change of lysine to glutamine at codon 36 results in a mutant recF protein (RecF4115) that is unable to reduce UV-inducible sulAp expression when overproduced. It is inferred from these results that recF overexpression may reduce UV-inducible sulAp expression by a mechanism that is sensitive to the ability of RecF to bind ATP and to the levels of RecO and RecR (RecOR) in the cell, but not to the type of DNA damage per se. Models are explored that can explain how recF+ overexpression reduces UV induction of sulAp and how RecOR overproduction might suppress this phenotype.},
	keywords = {Bacterial Proteins, Base Sequence, DNA Primers, DNA-Binding Proteins, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Genes, Bacterial, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Restriction Mapping, RNA, Messenger, SOS Response (Genetics), Structure-Activity Relationship, Ultraviolet Rays},
	issn = {0026-8925},
	author = {Sandler, S J}
}
