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Construction of frameshift mutation hot spots within the tetracycline resistance gene of pBR322.
Biochimie - 1 Jan 2000
Burnouf D, Fuchs R P
Abstract excerpt
The chemical carcinogen, N-2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF) when bound covalently to DNA induces a majority (greater than 90%) of frameshift mutations. The mutations occur with high frequencies at defined sequences (i.e. mutation hot spots). Two classes of mutation hot spots were found: at repetitive sequences and at specific non-repetitive sequences. Mutations at the repetitive sequences depend upon a functional umuC...
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