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Radiation-induced mutagenicity and lethality in Salmonella typhimurium

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5986380· OSTI ID:5986380
The mutagenic and lethal effects of ionizing radiation on histidine-deficient auxotrophs of Salmonella typhimurium were studied to improve the understanding of radiation damage to DNA. The auxotrophs were divided into two groups - one which is sensitive to base-pair substitutions and another sensitive to frameshifts. These groups were composed of parent-daughter pairs in which the chemical mutagenicity enhancing plasmid, pKM101, is absent in the parent strain and present in the daughter. Co-60 ..gamma..-radiation and 250 kV x-rays were used to irradiate the bacteria. Irradiation of the frameshift - sensitive strains which carry the pKm101 plasmid doubled the absolute number of induced revertants whereas irradiation of the base-pair substitution sensitive strain which also carries the pKm101 plasmid produced nearly no change in the number of induced revertants. A nearly negligible effect on the mutation rate was observed for all parent strains. (ACR)
Research Organization:
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (USA). Div. of Radiation Biology
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-78EV04746
OSTI ID:
5986380
Report Number(s):
CONF-830710-3; ON: DE83014653
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English