Construction and evaluation of a cea-lacZ gene fusion for the detection of environmental mutagens and carcinogens.

Abstract:

:The cea-kil operon of the ColE1 plasmid is negatively regulated by the LexA-repressor and therefore, it is under the control of SOS regulation. We constructed a gene fusion between the cea and lacZ genes. Expression of the translational fusion can be easily detected by monitoring the levels of beta-galactosidase. Since the whole detection system is plasmid-based, it can be used in both Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium strains. The SOS-function-inducing activities of 14 chemical mutagens were investigated in E. coli K12 and in two S. typhimurium Ames-strains and compared with results obtained by the SOS-chromotest and by the Umu-test. To correct for the inhibitory effects of test chemicals on mRNA and/or protein synthesis, the level of the constitutive chloramphenicol acetyl transferase was assayed in parallel.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Schumann W,Songür N,Miltenburger HG

doi

10.1016/0378-1097(91)90232-y

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-07-01 00:00:00

pages

305-9

issue

3

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

journal_volume

65

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