[Mutagenesis, induced by phosphotriester analogs of oligonucleotides and directed to the cleavage site of double-spiral DNA]
- PMID: 1758470
[Mutagenesis, induced by phosphotriester analogs of oligonucleotides and directed to the cleavage site of double-spiral DNA]
Abstract
The mutagenic properties of phosphotriester analogues revealed in course of interaction with linearized plasmid DNA were studied. The plasmid-based model system permitting one to test reliably the induced mutations is proposed. The efficiency of mutagenesis was shown to depend on the length of the oligonucleotide-mutagen and the genotype of the transformed Escherichia coli strain. The possible mechanisms involved in mutagenesis are discussed.