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REV3 is required for spontaneous but not methylation damage-induced mutagenesis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells lacking O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase.
Mutation research - 16 Dec 1999
Xiao W, Fontanie T, Bawa S, Kohalmi L
Abstract excerpt
O6-methylguanine (O6-MeG) DNA methyltransferase (MTase) removes the methyl group from a DNA lesion and directly restores DNA structure. It has been shown previously that bacterial and yeast cells lacking such MTase activity are not only sensitive to killing and mutagenesis by DNA methylating agents, but also exhibit an increased spontaneous mutation rate. In order to understand molecular mechanisms of endogenous...
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