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CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 61, Issue 5, Pages 458-464Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9638-x
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30670635, 50804049]
- Medical and Health Foundation of the PLA [06M0199]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing China [CSTC2007BB5004]
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recF is a critical gene involved in the RecFOR pathway of DNA repair in Deinococcus radiodurans (D. radiodurans). To investigate the role of recF in UV-C radiation resistance, we generated the recF-deficient D. radiodurans strain R1, expressed recF in Escherichia coli (E. coli) BL21 cells, and compared the ability of each to resist UV-C radiation by F (10), inactivation constant (IC), and extrapolation number (N). The mutation of recF in D. radiodurans R1 resulted in characteristic slow growth and dramatic sensitivity to UV-C irradiation. Transformation of recF into E. coli BL21 cells resulted in increased UV-C resistance compared to untransformed E. coli BL21 cells. These results suggested that recF is needed for the replication of D. radiodurans. Furthermore, as a part of the RecFOR pathway in D. radiodurans, disruption of recF could dramatically decrease the UV-C resistance of D. radiodurans and recF could increase the UV-C resistance of E. coli BL21 cells.
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