DNA mismatch correction by Very Short Patch repair may have altered the abundance of oligonucleotides in the E. coli genome.

doi:10.1093/nar/20.7.1663

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DNA mismatch correction by Very Short Patch repair may have altered the abundance of oligonucleotides in the E. coli genome.

Nucleic acids research - 11 Apr 1992

Bhagwat A S, McClelland M

Abstract excerpt

A base mismatch correction process in E. coli K-12 called Very Short Patch (VSP) repair corrects T:G mismatches to C:G when found in certain sequence contexts. Two of the substrate mismatches (5'-CTWGG/3'-GGW'CC; W = A or T) occur in the context of cytosine methylation in DNA and reduce the mutag...

Topics

5-Methylcytosine
Base Composition
Cytidine
Cytosine
DNA Repair
DNA, Bacterial
DNA-Cytosine Methylases
Escherichia coli
Genome, Bacterial
Markov Chains
Mutation
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Thymidine

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