Table 1. (A) Relative Amounts of Point Mutation Types Observed in the Genomes of Untreated Control, dC-Treated, and 5CldC-Treated MEFs; (B) Relative Amounts of C → T Substitution Mutations Observed in Each DNA Strand in the Genome of MEFs Treated with 5CldC.
| (A) types of substitution mutations induced by 5CldC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| substitution type | control (%) | dC (%) | 5CldC (%) |
| Transitions | |||
| CG → TA | 39.1 | 26.8 | 86.2 |
| TA → CG | 9.3 | 16.8 | 7.9 |
| Transversion | |||
| CG → AT | 30.0 | 28.3 | 4.1 |
| CG → GC | 8.0 | 10.2 | 0.5 |
| TA → AT | 5.4 | 9.0 | 0.9 |
| TA → GC | 8.2 | 8.8 | 0.5 |
| total number of substitutions | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| (B) strand bias in 5CldC-treated MEFs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| coding strand | noncoding strand | ratio | |
| number of C → T substitutions | 60.9% | 39.1% | 1.56 |