Decreased chemical mutagenesis in cdc8, a DNA replication mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

H Baranowska; J Zuk

Decreased chemical mutagenesis in cdc8, a DNA replication mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Acta Microbiol Pol. 1991;40(1-2):5-10.

Authors

H Baranowska¹, J Zuk

Affiliation

¹ Institut of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw.

PMID: 1725090

Abstract

In the DNA replication mutant of yeast cdc8 the frequency of chemically induced reversion of lys2-1 and hom2-1 was found to be reduced. Mutation induced by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) were greatly diminished in the strain homozygous for the cdc8-1 gene.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA Replication*
Mutagenesis*
Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*