Absence of interaction between X-rays and UV light in inducing ouabain- and thioguanine-resistant mutants in Chinese hamster cells.

Chinese hamster ovary cells were irradiated with X-rays at times from 0 to 17 h before being irradiated with ultraviolet (UV) light. No synergism was observed between the two radiations for the production of mutants resistant to either ouabain or 6-thioguanine. These experiments were designed to test whether X-rays induced an error-prone repair system that would increase the frequency of mutations produced by UV light, but no such system was detected.