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The Lambda Select cII Mutation Detection System
Published on: April 26, 2018
[Mutagenic effect of a tetrahydrodiazopyrene derivative on bacteria]
Abstract:
Mutagenic action of 3,7-diamino-4,9-dioxy-5,10-dioxo-4,5,9,10-tetrahydro-4,9-diazapiren (DDDTDP) was shown using indicator strains Salmonella typhimurium TA 1534, TA 1536, TA 1537, TA 1538. The drug-induced mutations in strains TA 1534 and TA 1538, and it can be used as a positive control in testing mutagens capable of inducing frameshift mutations. No significant differences was observed between DDDTDP effects on strains TA 1534 and TA 1538 which did or did not bear rfa mutation causing defects of cell wall lypopolysacharide complex. Within the range of concentrations tested DDDTDP had mutagenic effect without causing essential killing of bacteria. The mutagenic effect was decreased in the in vitro system of metabolic activation (Ames' plate test in Salmonella microsomes).
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