High levels of transcription stimulate transversions at GC base pairs in yeast

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-53

  Alexander, Matthew P ^a   Begins, Kaitlyn J ^a   Crall, William C ^a   Holmes, Margaret P ^a   Lippert, Malcolm J ^a  

^a SAINT MICHAEL'S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base substitutions; REV3; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Spontaneous mutation rate; Transcription associated mutation; Yeast

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; APURINIC ACID; CYTOSINE; DNA POLYMERASE; GUANINE;

APYRIMIDINIC SITE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; YEAST;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GUANINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84871932705     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21740     Document Type: Article

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