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Presence of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide adducts in target DNA leads to an increase in UV-induced DNA single strand breaks and supF gene mutations.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Aug 2001
Routledge M N, McLuckie K I, Jones G D, Farmer P B, Martin E A
Abstract excerpt
Exposure to DNA damaging agents and mutagens often occurs as combinations of agents, or as complex mixtures of chemicals. We found that plasmid DNA adducted with benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE) was more susceptible to UV-induced single strand breaks than was control DNA. To determine whether the increase in DNA damage also applied to mutagenic lesions, the supF gene forward mutation assay was used to compare...
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