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Biological effects of DNA repair, including mutagenesis

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5543788
The research performed under this grant was a study of gross rearrangements induced by ionizing radiation in the DNA of Escherichia coli and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. In E. coli, lysogens were constructed with lambda prophage containing lacZ and tet genes surrounded by 100 kilobases of nonessential DNA. Mutations induced by gamma rays were more than 10% large deletions between 0.5 and 70 kilobases in size, all centered on a ColEl origin of DNA replication also located on the prophage. This origin is needed for radiation induced deletions. Many deletions induced in mammalian cells by ionizing radiation may be centered on the many origins of replication that are not essential for cell viability PL61 was constructed with adjacent gpt and neo genes to facilitate study of radiation-induced deletions. Although this cell line was very useful for the study of point mutations induced by various agents in gpt, it was not useful for studies of deletions or insertions because of rearrangements that occured during the process of rescuing the DNA from the genome. 12 refs.
Research Organization:
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-87ER60521
OSTI ID:
5543788
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/60521-3; ON: DE91015054
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English