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DNA mismatch repair mutants do not increase N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine tolerance in O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase-deficient yeast cells.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 1995
Xiao W, Rathgeber L, Fontanie T, Bawa S
Abstract excerpt
Treatment of cells with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) produces, among other lesions, mutagenic and carcinogenic lesions such as O6-methylguanine (O6MeG) and O4-methylthymine in DNA. An O6MeG DNA methyl-transferase (MTase) specifically and efficiently repairs such lesions. MTase-deficient bacterial, yeast and mammalian cells exhibit increased sensitivity not only to MNNG-induced mutagenesis, but also...
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