title: Modifying action of gamma-radiation in mutagenesis of E. coli WU36-10 induced by ethylene oxide, ethyl methanesulfonate and methyl methanesulfonate.
abstract: The influence of gamma-radiation pre-exposure on ethylene oxide, ethyl methanesulfonate and methyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis in Escherichia coli WU36-10 was studied. Pretreatment with gamma-radiation resulted, in the case of subsequent treatment with ethylene oxide and ethyl methanesulfonate, in a decrease of the frequency of leu+ revertants, and in the case of subsequent treatment with methyl methanesulfonate, in an increase of this mutation frequency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiobiology, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Näslund
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Granath
mesh_terms: D004260:DNA Repair / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D005020:Ethyl Methanesulfonate / Q000633:toxicity*; D005027:Ethylene Oxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate / Q000633:toxicity*; D009154:Mutation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D005020:Ethyl Methanesulfonate; D008741:Methyl Methanesulfonate; D005027:Ethylene Oxide