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Peroxynitrite-induced DNA damage in the supF gene: correlation with the mutational spectrum.
Mutation research - 14 Feb 2000
Tretyakova N Y, Burney S, Pamir B, Wishnok J S, Dedon P C, Wogan G N, Tannenbaum S R
Abstract excerpt
Tissue inflammation and chronic infection lead to the overproduction of nitric oxide and superoxide. These two species rapidly combine to yield peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)), a powerful oxidizing and nitrating agent that is thought be involved in both cell death and an increased cancer risk observed fo...
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