SOS response

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SOS response [¦es¦ō′es ri‚späns]

(genetics)

A bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair system in which cell division and DNA replication are blocked, and DNA repair, recombination, and mutation genes are induced.

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Correlation of quinolone MIC and inhibition of DNA, RNA and protein synthesis and induction of the SOS response in Escherichia coli.

Dead bugs don't mutate: susceptibility issues in the emergence of ... by Stratton, Charles W. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

In what biologists call the SOS response, the bacterium activates a protein called RecA.

Making the Cut by TRAVIS, JOHN / Science News

Historically, the expression of bacterial SOS response genes was used for detecting genotoxicity of chemicals.

The utility of DNA microarrays for characterizing genotoxicity by Aubrecht, Jiri / Environmental Health Perspectives

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