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. 1986 Aug;113(4):811–819. doi: 10.1093/genetics/113.4.811

DNA Sequence Analysis of Mutagenicity and Site Specificity of Ethyl Methanesulfonate in Uvr+ and UvrB - Strains of ESCHERICHIA COLI

Philip A Burns 1, Frances L Allen 1, Barry W Glickman 1
PMCID: PMC1202914  PMID: 3527868

Abstract

EMS-induced mutations within a 180 base pair region of the lacI gene of E. coli were cloned and sequenced. In total, 105 and 79 EMS-induced mutations from a Uvr+ and a UvrB- strain, respectively, were sequenced. The specificity of EMS-induced mutagenesis was very similar in the two strians; G:C → A:T transitions accounted for all but three of the mutants. The overall frequency of induced mutation was fivefold higher in the UvrB- strain compared to the Uvr+ strain. This demonstrates, at the DNA sequence level, that the presumed pre-mutagenic lesion, O6-ethylguanine, is subject to repair by the uvrABC excision repair system of E. coli. An analysis of mutation frequencies with respect to neighboring base sequence, in the two strains, shows that O6-ethylguanine lesions adjacent to A:T base pairs present better targets for the excision repair machinery than those not adjacent to A:T base pairs.

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