Quick Exercise 3: Mutation and Repair

1. This is an individual activity.
2. Please answer the questions below on a sheet of paper or what have you. 
3. Submit your answers in pdf/jpg formats only.
4. Follow the file naming format: Chem40_QE3_<Section>_<LastName,Initial of First Name>. Example: Chem40_QE3_MHD_LimC

Problems

1. Give an example for the following mutating agents and describe what they do to the DNA. 

a. physical agent

b. alkylating agent 

c. deaminating agent 

d. intercalating agent 

2. Explain why not all base alklylation is a cause for mutation or is not necessarily an abnormal occurrence.