1999
The Tyr-265-to-Cys mutator mutant of DNA polymerase β induces a mutator phenotype in mouse LN12 cells
Clairmont C, Narayanan L, Sun K, Glazer P, Sweasy J. The Tyr-265-to-Cys mutator mutant of DNA polymerase β induces a mutator phenotype in mouse LN12 cells. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1999, 96: 9580-9585. PMID: 10449735, PMCID: PMC22251, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.17.9580.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutator mutantsDNA polymerase betaTyr-265Mutator phenotypePolymerase betaWild-type DNA polymerase betaWild-type DNA polymeraseWild-type proteinBase excision repairRat DNA polymerase betaSpontaneous mutation frequencyDNA polymerase βDNA polymerase IMammalian cellsMutator polymeraseComplementation systemBeta mutantsExcision repairPolymerase IMutantsMutator activityGenetic instabilityHuman cellsPolymerase βEscherichia coli
1995
Frequent T:A→G:C transversions in X-irradiated mouse cells
Yuan J, Yeasky T, Rhee M, Glazer P. Frequent T:A→G:C transversions in X-irradiated mouse cells. Carcinogenesis 1995, 16: 83-88. PMID: 7834808, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/16.1.83.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammalian cellsMouse cellsC transversionRadiation-induced point mutationsLambda phage shuttle vectorPoint mutationsMutation reporter geneRecoverable lambda phage shuttle vectorDistinctive mutational signaturesUnique mutational spectrumPattern of mutationsReporter geneSpontaneous mutationsShuttle vectorCellular repair processesMultiple copiesMutational signaturesPolymerase betaMouse fibroblastsMutationsMutational spectrumTransversionsRepair processCellsPossible role