How do alkylating agents cause mutations?
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Alkylating agents are chemicals that add an alkyl group (CnH2n+1) to another molecule. ... For example, the alkylating agent EMS converts guanine to 7-ethylguanine which pairs with thymine. The mispairing will lead to mutation. Somealkylating agents may also cross-link DNA, resulting in chromosome breaks.
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