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Frameshifts, base substitutions and minute deletions constitute X-ray-induced mutations in the endogenous tonB gene of Escherichia coli K12.
Mutation research - 1 Dec 1997
Kanbashi K, Wang X, Komura J, Ono T, Yamamoto K
Abstract excerpt
We have analyzed the DNA sequence changes in a total of 127 X-ray-induced mutations in the endogenous tonB gene of Escherichia coli cells. Frameshifts accounted for 61 mutations among which 51 were a - 1 frameshift. The second most commonly found mutations were base substitutions (20 transversions and 8 transitions). Twelve of the 16 deletion mutations were the minute-size deletion of 3-25 base pairs, three were...
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