Dependence of mutation spectrum on physiological state of Pen. Chrysogenum cells. Auxotrophic mutants induced with UV rays at various stages of DNA replication

The effect of UV-rays on non-activated and activated conidia of penicillin producers Pen, chryrogenum, strain 39, has been studied. It has been established that 2 doses of UV-rays - 4000 and 6000 erg/mm2 - induce in non-activated conidia approximately equal quantity of mutations with broken synthesis of amino acids and nitrous bases of nucleic acids. The spectrum of auxotrophic mutations induced during the DNA replication changes depending on the mutagen dose and replication stage. No distinct periodicity in the mutation yield has been observed. Schemes of the induction of mutations during the DNA replication under the effect of both doses of UV-rays have been made