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
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
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
We report the first use of green fluorescent protein (GFP) for mutation detection. We have constructed a plasmid-based bacterial system whereby mutated cells fluoresce and non-mutated cells do not fluoresce. Fluorescence is monitored using a simple hand-help UV lamp; no
The specificity of frameshift mutations induced by several classes of chemical mutagens was determined using a collection of mutant E. coli lacZ genes. This collection can detect each of five kinds of specific frameshift events by scoring Lac+ revertant colonies.
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