Article
Copper-dependent site-specific mutagenesis by benzoyl peroxide in the supF gene of the mutation reporter plasmid pS189.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Oct 1992
Akman S A, Doroshow J H, Kensler T W
Abstract excerpt
Benzoyl peroxide (BzPO) enhances tumor promotion and malignant conversion in mouse epidermis. DNA damage may contribute to these processes. BzPO reacts with Cu(I) to produce the benzoyloxyl radical, which in turn causes strand breaks in plasmid DNA. In this study we investigated whether BzPO with or without Cu(I) caused promutagenic DNA damage in the supF gene of the mutation reporter plasmid pS189 replicating in...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Benzoyl Peroxide
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromosome Mapping
- Copper
- DNA
- DNA Damage
- DNA Replication
- Dimethyl Sulfoxide
- Genes, Suppressor
- Humans
- Kinetics
