• The escherichia coli alkA gene is activated to alleviate mutagenesis by an oxidized deoxynucleoside 

      Grøsvik, Kristin; Tesfahun, Almaz Nigatu; Muruzábal-Lecumberri, Izaskun; Haugland, Gyri Teien; Leiros, Ingar; Ruoff, Peter; Kvaløy, Jan Terje; Knævelsrud, Ingeborg; Ånensen, Hilde; Alexeeva, Marina; Sato, Kousuke; Matsuda, Akira; Alseth, Ingrun; Klungland, Arne; Bjelland, Svein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The cellular methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and other endo/exogenous agents methylate DNA bases non-enzymatically into products interfering with replication and transcription. An important product is 3-methyladenine ...