Abstract
Heat induction of E. coli CR 34 (λcI857)/λ growing in media with variing bromouracil (BU)-contents yielded A-phages with different amounts of BU in their DNA-strands. The percentage substitution of thymine was determined by buoyant density measurements in a CsCl-density gradient. After irradiation of the phages with long wavelength UV (302/313 nm) and short wavelength UV (254 nm) the sensitivity (loss of infectivity) was determined as a function of the degree of BU-substitution. It was found that after irradiation with long wavelength UV the cross section is proportional to the percentage BU-substitution, whereas after irradiation with short wavelength UV it is not. The results can be explained by assuming energy transfer from the four DNA-bases to the BU.
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