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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830371603321

Titolo

Mutation as cellular process [[electronic resource] ] : a Ciba Foundation symposium / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill Ltd., 1969

ISBN

1-280-58848-9

9786613618313

0-470-71971-0

0-470-71734-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.996

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

575.2/92

575.292

Soggetti

Mutagenesis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With 48 illustrations"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

MUTATION AS CELLULAR PROCESS; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Influence of the host on the induction and expression of mutations in phage kappa; Discussion; Influence of cellular physiology on the realization of mutations-results and prospects; Discussion; Enhancement and diminution of ultraviolet-light- initiated mutagenesis by post-treatment with caffeine in Escherichia coli; Allele-specific responses t o factors that modify U.V. mutagenesis; Discussion; Analysis of a case of mutagen specificity in Neurospora crassa; Discussion

Repair of latent T5-resistant mutants in chemostat culturesDiscussion; General Discussion; The nature and influence of ultraviolet and hydroxylamine lesions in nucleic acids and the enzymic repair of the former; Discussion; Nature of alkylation lesions and their repair: significance for ideas on mutagenesis; Discussion; The effect of ribosome alterations on ribosome function, and on expression of ribosome and non- ribosome mutations; Discussion; Aspects of modification of nucleic acids in mutational processes; Discussion; Relationships between recombination and mutation; Discussion



General DiscussionObserved mutation frequency in mice and the chain of processes affecting it; Discussion; Final Discussion; Author index; Subject index