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. 1986 Nov;114(3):705–716. doi: 10.1093/genetics/114.3.705

Frameshift Suppression by thyA Mutants of ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12

Muriel B Herrington 1, Anjali Kohli 1, Maria Faraci 1
PMCID: PMC1203009  PMID: 3539695

Abstract

We have extended our previous study on the suppression of frameshift mutants by Escherichia coli thyA mutants by assaying suppression of 15 rIIB frameshift mutants of bacteriophage T4 on one of our suppressing thyA mutant strains. The majority of insertion mutants were suppressible, whereas none of the deletion mutants tested was suppressible. Frameshift suppression could be inhibited by adding thymidine to the assay medium, but was not affected by the presence of a restrictive rpsL mutation in the host strain. We suggest that the frameshift suppression event occurs at a nonsense codon generated by the frameshift mutation.

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