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PRINCIPLES OF TOXICOLOGY

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246 MUTAGENESIS AND GENETIC <strong>TOXICOLOGY</strong><br />

One possibility, infidelity or inexact copying of a DNA strand during normal cellular replication, may<br />

result from inaccurate initiation of replication, failure of the transcription enzymes to accurately “read”<br />

the DNA, or interruption of the transcription process by agents that interpose (intercalate) themselves<br />

within the DNA molecule or between the DNA and an enzyme.<br />

Point mutations, as the second possibility, may be subdivided into basepair changes and frameshift<br />

mutations (Figure 12.4). The former result from transition or transversion of DNA base pairs so that<br />

Figure 12.4 Schematic representation of point mutations (frameshift and basepair changes).

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