Mutagenesis screening, in which heritable traits are isolated following damage to the genome, is a powerful approach for investigating gene function. Among vertebrate model organisms, the zebrafish (Danio rerio) is ideally suited to mutagenesis screens. The success of large-scale screens
Human lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from WI-L2 exhibit unexpected frequencies of diaminopurine (DAP) resistant mutants. The background mutant fractions of 10(-7) to 10(-8) in untreated cultures are much lower than the frequencies expected for loss of a heterozygous autosomal locus
Multiple drug resistance (MDR) mechanisms are known to limit the effectiveness of some cancer chemotherapies, probably through enhancing P-glycoprotein-mediated drug efflux from mammalian cells. Similar mechanisms appear to act in other organisms, including bacteria, and may affect not only the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 88(24), 11455-11459 (1991-12-15)
2fTGH is a human cell line containing the selectable marker guanine phosphoribosyltransferase regulated by alpha interferon (IFN-alpha). Two IFN-alpha-unresponsive mutants were isolated previously at a low frequency (ca. 10(-8)) by selecting mutagenized 2fTGH cells in selective medium containing 6-thioguanine and
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 23(2), 96-100 (1994-01-01)
Human TK6 lymphoblasts were treated with the acridine derivative ICR-191, and mutants at the hprt locus were isolated. Mutant hprt cDNA was reverse-transcribed from mRNA, amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and sequenced. Additions of single G:C base pairs (+1
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