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Genetics, Vol 118, 181-191, Copyright © 1988
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An in Vitro Assay for Frameshift Mutations: Hotspots for Deletions of 1 bp by Klenow-Fragment Polymerase Share a Consensus DNA Sequence
J. G. de-Boer and L. S. Ripley
Department of Biology, York University, Downsview, Ontario M3J 1V6, Canada, Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
The fidelity of in vitro DNA synthesis catalyzed by the large fragment of DNA polymerase I was examined. The templates, specifically designed to detect shifts to the +1 or to the -1 reading frame, are composites of M13mp8 and bacteriophage T4 rIIB DNA and were designed to assist in the identification of the types of frameshifts that are the specific consequence of DNA polymerization errors. In vitro polymerization by the Klenow fragment produced only deletions, rather than the mixture of duplications and deletions characteristic of in vivo frameshifts. The most frequent frameshifts were deletions of 1 bp opposite a template purine base. Hotspots for these deletions occurred when the template purine immediately preceded the template sequence TT. The highest mutation frequencies were seen when the TTPu consensus sequence was adjacent to G:C rich sequences in the 3' direction. The nature of the consensus sequence itself distinguishes this 1-bp deletion mechanism from those operating in DNA repeats and attributed to the misalignment of DNA primers during synthesis. Deletions that were larger than 1 or 2 bp isolated after in vitro replication were consistent with the misalignment of the primer. Deletions of 2 bp and complex frameshifts (the replacement of AA by C) were also found. Mechanisms that may account for these mutations are discussed.
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