Effect of bleomycin on deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in toluene-treated Escherichia coli cells.
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The antibiotic bleomycin stimulates deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis in toluene-treated Escherichia coli cells. The increase in synthesis is linear with bleomycin concentration. Bleomycin-stimulated DNA synthesis is independent of replication and dependent on DNA polymerase I. Replication is spared as the DNA polymerase I-dependent DNA synthesis increases. Bleomycin does not appear to have any effect on purified E. coli DNA polymerases I or II. Our results suggest that bleomycin causes nicking of the bacterial chromosome with subsequent DNA synthesis catalyzed by DNA polymerase I.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
دوره 9 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976