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Gamma-Ray Mutagenesis in Bacteriophage T4 |
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| Authors: | Mark A Conkling John A Grunau and John W Drake |
| Institution: | Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 |
| Abstract: | 137Cs-gamma irradiation of bacteriophage T4 induces large deletions plus a variety of types of point mutations. All mutations arise with single-hit kinetics, and all by a misrepair process. The estimated point mutation rate is 1.5 X 10(-9) per locus per rad. |
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