Vesiculation from Pseudomonas aeruginosa under SOS

Figure 1

The bacterial SOS response. The response is triggered by DNA-damage antibiotics. This response is controlled by the RecA-LexA interplay, in which LexA represses the SOS genes. DNA damage activates RecA to simulate autocatalytic cleavage of LexA so that the SOS genes are depressed and expressed. X, the mutation rendering LexA noncleavable.