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. 1999 Feb;181(4):1149–1155. doi: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1149-1155.1999

TABLE 3.

Comparison of spectra of non-IS-mediated spontaneous mutations in ebgR and lacI

Category ebgRa
lacIb
n % n %
A:T→G:C 11 6.9 5 2.6
G:C→A:T 29 18.2 45 23.0
G:C→T:A 51 32.0 13 6.6
G:C→C:G 5 3.1 3 1.5
A:T→C:G 13 8.2 7 3.6
A:T→T:A 13 8.2 7 3.6
Deletions 14 8.8 72 36.7
Frameshifts 19 12.0 37 18.9
Duplications 4 2.5 7 3.6
Total 159 100 196 100
a

Combined growth-dependent and adaptive mutations from Table 2

b

lacI data are from reference 14 and do not include the frameshift hot spot.