(Mutagenic effect of tritium on DNA of Drosophila melanogaster)

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5760856

A series of Adh mutants induced in Drosophila by X-rays were compared to Adh mutants induced by tritiated water. Sequence analysis of 8 intragenic null mutations suggest a double strand break might occur, consistent with our linear dose response curve. Additional data are required before we accept this model; it is hoped experiments with {sup 60}Co will yield more intragenic deletions. Our current research project involves genetic and molecular analysis of {sup 3}H beta induced Adh null mutations. All 23 mutations induced at the Adh locus have been multilocus deletions. This is in contrast to results seen with X-ray induction of mutation; as a consequence, the emphasis of our molecular analysis has switched from sequencing intragenic mutations to developing methods for sequencing the break points of deletions. This will permit us to determine if our model of deletion formation is applicable outside the structural gene. 13 refs., 8 figs., 5 tabs.

• Research Organization: Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-86ER60393
• OSTI ID: 5760856
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60393-6; ON: DE91014921
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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