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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: Methods. 2014 Apr 21;68(3):441–449. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.04.011

Table 1.

Summary for each mutagen of the type of lesion incurred, the range of doses commonly used for sensitivity assays (Sections 2.3, 3.2, 3.3, 4.3, 5.2), the dose cited for immunofluorescence (αRAD-51, αRPA-1, αFCD-2) in the mitotic compartment, if available (Section 2.3, Step 15), and mutants strains with published sensitivity to the mutagen.

Mutagen Lesion Dose Range (Sensitivity) Dose (Immunofluorescence) Published Sensitive Strains
Cisplatin ICL 90–360 μM 180 μM13,17 polq-1(tm2026)19
hel-308(tm2134)19
brc-1(tm1145)17
rfs-1(ok1372)17
fcd-2(tm1298)39
Nitrogen Mustard ICL 50–200 μM 200 μM17 brc-1(tm1145)17
rfs-1(ok1372)17
rtel-1(tm1866)40
polq-1(tm2026)19
hel-308(tm2134)19
fcd-2(tm1298)13
dog-1(gk10)13
slx-1(tm2644)15
Psoralen ICL 10 μg/ml + 50–200 J/m2 UVA N/A rtel-1(tm1866)40
fcd-2(tm1298)13
dog-1(gk10)13
Mitomycin C ICL 250–500 μM N/A fan - 1(tm423)16
him-18(tm2181)16
Campothecin RF stall 100–1000 nM N/A rtel-1(tm1866)40
him-18(tm2181)14
slx-1(tm2644)15
rfs-1(ok1372)17
brc-1(tm1145)17
γ-Irradiation DSB 10–200 Gy 75 Gy him-18(tm2181)14,15
brc-1(tm1145)17
rfs-1(ok1372)17
polq-1(tm2026)19
hel-308(tm2134)19
Hydroxyurea RF stall 5–40 mM 40 mM17 clk-2(mn159)22