Draw the Structures of Two Tautomeric Forms of Guanine,one a Lactam,the

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Essay

Draw the structures of two tautomeric forms of guanine,one a lactam,the other a lactim.Explain the possible involvement of the lactim form in causing spontaneous mutation during replication.

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