Alkaline Step Elution Analysis of Gamma-ray Induced DNA Strand Breaks and Repair in Diploid Yeast
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 51 (3), 519-526
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553008714550991
Abstract
Gamma-ray induction of DNA strand breaks and their repair was analysed in the diploid yeast strain D7 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) by means of the alkaline step elution technique. A dose-dependent increase of DNA strand breakage was observed in the dose range 25–2000 Gy corresponding to 100 and 0·01 per cent survival. When, after exposure to γ-irradiation, the cells were incubated for 2 h in liquid growth medium, the elution profiles reached the pattern of unirradiated controls, thus indicating the restoration of cellular DNA due to repair. The alkaline step elution analysis is found to be a useful and reproducible technique for studying the induction of DNA strand breaks and repair in yeast. In comparison with other current methods, such as alkaline sucrose gradients and DNA unwinding, this method appears to be more rapid, versatile and easier to handle.Keywords
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