DNA Mutations and Repair Chapter 17
Detecting mutations with the AMES test
SUMMARY OF AMES TEST
AMES TEST Saccharin Aflatoxin 2-aminofluorene
Aflatoxin B1
DNA Repair: general characteristics Double stranded DNA Redundancy of pathways
Types of DNA repair Mismatch repair Direct Repair Base-Excision Repair Nucleotide Excision Repair
Mismatch repair Mut H Recognize GATC hemi-methylation Mut S Mut L
A closer look at mismatch repair
DIRECT REVERSAL REPAIR Direct Repair
BASE EXCISION REPAIR
BASE EXCISION REPAIR
Nucleotide Excision Repair
Diseases of DNA repair!
Xeroderma pigmentosum Autosomal recessive
Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer HNPCC 15% of all colon cancers
Li-Fraumeni P-53 mutation