Mismatch correction at O6-methylguanine residues in E. coli DNA

Possible Relevance of O–6 Alkylation of Deoxyguanosine to the Mutagenicity and Carcinogenicity of Nitrosamines and Nitrosamides

A. Loveless · Nature · 1969 · 948 citations

Pharmacy, Pharmacology, Toxicology +14

A new pathway for DNA repair in Escherichia coli

Leona D. Samson, John Cairns · Nature · 1977 · 706 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16

Methylation of deoxyribonucleic acid in cultured mammalian cells by <i>N</i>-methyl-<i>N</i>′-nitro-<i>N</i>-nitrosoguanidine. The influence of cellular thiol concentrations on the extent of methylation and the 6-oxygen atom of guanine as a site of methylation

P.D. Lawley, Carolyn J. Thatcher · Biochemical Journal · 1970 · 495 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +10

Repair of alkylated DNA in Escherichia coli. Methyl group transfer from O6-methylguanine to a protein cysteine residue.

Mariann Olsson, Tomas Lindahl · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1980 · 429 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +17

Escherichia coli mutator mutants deficient in methylation-instructed DNA mismatch correction.

Barry W. Glickman, Miroslav Radman · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1980 · 396 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +15