Mutation Research, DNA Repair, 294 (1993) 325-326 325 © 1993 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved 0921-8777/93/$06.00

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Volume 294 (1993)

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Research Papers The level of GC ~ AT transitions induced by MMS is not affected by the adaptive response in Escherichia coli K12

E. Sledziewska-G6jska (Poland) Ataxia telangiectasia: An investigation of the repair defect in the cell line AT5BIVA by plasmid reconstitution

S. Powell, S. Whitaker, J. Peacock and T. McMillan (UK) Arsenite enhances DNA double-strand breaks and cell killing of methyl methanesulfonate-treated cells by inhibiting

the excision of alkali-labile sites S.F. Lee-Chen, J.R. Gurr, I.B. Lin and K.Y. Jan (Taiwan, ROC)

Molecular analysis of mutations in the hprt gene in circulating lymphocytes from normal and DNA-repair-deficient donors H. Steingrimsdottir, G. Rowley, A. Waugh, D. Beare, I. Ceccherini, J. Cole and A.R. Lehmann (UK)

Enzymatic recognition and biological effects of DNA damage induced by 3-carbethoxypsoralen plus UVA S. Boiteux, A.T. Yeung and E. Sage (France, USA)

Phenotypic correction of a human cell line (46BR) with aberrant DNA ligase I activity N.V. Somia, J.K. Jessop and D.W. Melton (UK)

Analysis of DNA repair pathways of Schizosaccharomyces pombe by means of swi-rad double mutants C. Schlake, K. Ostermann, H. Schmidt and H. Gutz (Germany)

Inhibition of erythroid differentiation in MEL cells by UV irradiation. Cell cycle and DNA repair activity M. Foresti, L. Gaudio, I. Paoletti and G. Geraci (Italy)

Resistance to cisplatin in an E. coli B/ r Nal ~ mutant K. Bouayadi, G. Villani and B. Salles (France)

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Review Recovery of DNA replication in UV-damaged Escherichia coli

M. Altshuler (Russian Federation)

Research Papers A "trans-acting" factor for activation of transcription is defective in the xrs-5 mutant of the Chinese hamster ovary

cell line W. Zhu, M. Kriajevskaia, P.C. Keng and W.-G. Chou (USA)

Processivity of uracil DNA glycosylase M. Higley and R. Stephen Lloyd (USA)

DNA repair in human lymphocytes treated in vitro with (+)-anti- and (+)-syn-benzo[a]pyrene diolepoxide L. Celotti, P. Ferraro, D. Furlan, N. Zanesi and S. Pavanello (Italy)

N-Ethyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mutagenesis in Escherichia coli: Multiple roles for UmuC protein D. Fix (USA)

Induction and repair of DNA single-strand breaks and DNA base damage at different cellular stages of spermatogen- esis of the hamster upon in vitro exposure to ionizing radiation A.A.W.M. Van Loon, E. Sonneveld, J. Hoogerbrugge, G.P. Van der Schans, J.A. Grootegoed, P.H.M. Lohman and R.A. Baan (The Netherlands)

Cytogenetic evidence for differences in DNA incision activity in xeroderma pigmentosum group A, C and D cells after X-irradiation during G e phase R. Parshad, R.E. Tarone, F.M. Price and K.K. Sanford (USA)

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Cosuppression of recF, recR and recO mutations by mutant recA alleles in Escherichia coli cells T.-C.V. Wang, H.-Y. Chang and J.-L. Hung (Taiwan)

Molecular spectrum of mutations induced at the HPRT locus by a cross-linking agent in human cell lines with different repair capacities D. Papadopoulo, A. Laquerbe, C. Guillouf and E. Moustacchi (France)

Effects of t reatment with methyl methanesulfonate during meiotic and postmeiotic stages and maturation of spermatozoa in mice M. lnoue, T. Kurihara, M. Yamashita and K. Tatsumi (Japan)

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ConJOrence Report DNA repair and mutation: Recent advances

A report of the meeting of the British Photobiology Society, London, 2t December 1992 P. Strike (UK) 1~7

In Memoriam Frederik Hendrik Sobels (February 22, 1922 July 6, 1993)

K. Sankaranarayanan and P.H.M. Lohman (The Netherlands)

Research Papers Increased frequency of formation of interphase r ing-chromosomes in radiosensitive irs-1 cells exposed to X-rays

R. Okayasu, G.E. Pantelias and G. Iliakis (USA, Greece) Cellular characteristics of Chinese hamster cell mutants resembling ataxia telangiectasia cells

W. Jongmans, G.W.C.T. Verhaegh, K. Sankaranarayanan, P.H.M. Lohman and M.Z. Zdzienicka (The Nether- lands)

Excision repair reduces doxorubicin-induced genotoxicity R.D. Anderson, M . L Veigl, J. Baxter and W.D. Sedwick (USA)

mei-3, a recombination and repair gene of Neurospora crassa, encodes a RecA-like protein R. Cheng, T.1. Baker, C.E. Cords and R.J. Radloff (USA)

Quantification of sulfur mustard- induced DNA interstrand crossqinks and single-strand breaks in cultured human epidermal keratinocytes M.A.E. Mol, G.P. Van der Schans and P.H.M. Lohman (The Netherlands)

A forward mutation assay in phage T4: Application to gene 42 mutator mutat ions J. Ji and C.K. Mathews (USA)

Hypersensitivity to oxygen is a uniform and secondary defect in Fanconi anemia cells H. Saito, A.T. Hammond and R.E. Moses (USA)

The first zinc-binding domain of UvrA is not essential for UvrABC-mediated DNA excision repair R. Visse, M. De Ruijter, M. Ubbink, J.A. Brandsma and P. Van de Putte (The Netherlands)

Induction and rejoining of radiation-induced DNA single-strand breaks: "tail moment" as a function of position in the cell cycle P.L. Olive and J.P. Ban~.th (Canada)

Mechanism of toxicity of 3-methyladenine for bacteriophage T7 J.-F. Racine, Y. Zhu and M.D. Mamet-Bratley (Canada)

A sensitivity to oxidative stress is linked to chromosome 11 but is not due to a difference in single strand DNA breakage or repair A.J. Ward, P.L. Olive, A.H. Burr and M.P. Rosin (Canada)

UV-stimulated recombination in mammal ian cells is not dependent upon DNA replication J.F. Burke and A.E. Mogg (UK)

Analysis of mutat ions caused by DNA double-strand breaks produced by a restriction enzyme in shuttle vector plasmids propagated in ataxia telangiectasia cells J. Tatsumi-Miyajima, T. Yagi and H. Takebe (Japan)

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