Table 1.
Genotype1 | Number of mutations in a mutant | Total # of mutants | D2 (mut/kb) | Indel.3 | Compl.4 | Sub., Py5 | Sub., Pu6 | Total # of mutations | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | T | C | A | G | ||||||
WT | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 0.31 | 19 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 81 |
rad30Δ | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0.28 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 49 |
The data for the Rad+ (WT) strain are from reference 29, the data for rad30Δ strain are given in Supplemental Table 1.
D (mut/kb), densities of mutations in the 4396 nt LYS2 reporter were calculated as described in reference 45 using the formula: D=(n2+ 2n3+ 3n4 + 4n5 + 5n6)/(M − 4.396), where nx is the observed number of mutants with x mutations and M is the total number of mutants. Calculations were made on the assumptions that (1) the vast majority of mutants originate from the hypermutable fraction; and (2) within this fraction individual mutations occur with equal probability in every cell.
Indel: Small insertions and deletions.
Comp: Complex mutations.
Sub Py and Sub Pu: Number of simple base substitutions in pyrimidine (Py: T or C) or purine (Pu: A or G) nucleotides in the non-resected strand.