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GAMMA-RAY MUTAGENESIS IN BACTERIOPHAGE T4
Mark A. Conkling 1, John A. Grunau 1, and John W. Drake 1
1 Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana,
Illinois 61801
137Cs-gamma irradiation of bacteriophage T4 induces large deletions plus a variety of types of point mutations. All mutations arise with single-hit kinetics, and all by a misrepair process. The estimated point mutation rate is 1.5 x 10-9 per locus per rad.
Submitted on October 27, 1975