Ethanol exposure increases mutation rate through error-prone polymerases
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17447-3
Abstract: Ethanol is a ubiquitous environmental stressor that is toxic to all lifeforms. Here, we use the model eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae to show that exposure to sublethal ethanol concentrations causes DNA replication stress and an increased… read more here.
Keywords: prone polymerases; exposure; mutation rate; ethanol ... See more keywords