CYTOSINE TO THYMINE TRANSITIONS FROM DECAY OF CYTOSINE-5-3H IN BACTERIOPHAGE-S13

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FUNK, F
PERSON, S
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[1] Department of Biophysics, Pennsylvania State University
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10.1126/science.166.3913.1629
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Decay of cytosine-5-3H incorporated into bacteriophage S13 DNA causes a molecular rearrangement of the cytosine molecule undergoing the decay. The molecular rearrangement produces a cytosine to thymine coding change with an efficiency approaching one. Decay of either thymidine-(methyl)-3H or cytosine-6-3H is less than 1 percent as effective in causing either cytosine to thymine or thymine to cytosine transitions.
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