Tautomeric shifts can generate mutations by causing base pairing changes of nucleotides right at the moment that DNApolymerase is adding a base and that mutation can be fixed by the methyl-directed mismatch repair mechanism.TrueO False

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Tautomeric shifts can generate mutations by causing base pairing changes öf nu polymerase is adding a base and that mutation can be fixed by the methyl-directed mismatch repair mechanism. O True O False

Tautomeric shifts can generate mutations by causing base pairing changes öf nu polymerase is adding a base and that mutation can be fixed by the methyl-directed mismatch repair mechanism. O True O False

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Author:Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham

Publisher:Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham

Chapter28: Dna Metabolism: Replication, Recombination, And Repair

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 10P: Homologous Recombination, Heteroduplex DNA, and Mismatch Repair Homologous recombination in E. coli...

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