Mutations in the mutY gene of Escherichia coli enhance the frequency of targeted G:C-->T:a transversions induced by a single 8-oxoguanine residue in single-stranded DNA.

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Oxidative damage to guanine in DNA results in the formation of 8-oxoguanine, which has been shown to induce G-->T transversions targeted to this site. The mutagenicity of this lesion was studied in several mutator strains of Escherichia coli, using single-stranded DNA containing a single 8-oxoguanine residue. The frequencies of targeted G-->T transversions increased markedly in mutY strains, while this mutagenic...

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