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Which of this mutagen can lead to both AT->GC and GC->AT transition?(a) Ethydium bromide(b) 5 Bromo uracil(c) MMS(d) NH2OHI got this question in an online interview.The question is from DNA Mutation in section DNA Mutation, DNA Repair, Transposable Elements of Cytogenetics

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Correct ANSWER is (b) 5 Bromo uracil

For explanation I would say: 5 Bromo Uracil when incorporates in the DNA in a NORMAL state and then undergoes TRANSITION to a rare state in the next replication cycle leads to an AT->GC MUTATION. While when it incorporates against a G in excited state and then undergoes replication when in the normal state it gives GC->AT transition.



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