Mutation frequency decline in MMS-treated Escherichia coli K-12 mutS strains.

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It has been shown that the decline in mutant frequency (MFD) (argE3(ochre)-->Arg+) which occurs in MMS-treated and then transiently starved AB1157 Escherichia coli K-12 cells concerns revertants which arose by supL suppressor formation in a process which is umuDC dependent. Here we have examined whether MMS-induced Arg+ revertants are susceptible to decline when bacteria are deficient in mismatch repair. We show...

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