Article
Mutagenicity and mutagenic specificity of metronidazole and niridazole in Neurospora crassa.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health - 1 Jan 2000
Ong T, Slade B
Abstract excerpt
Mutagenicity and mutagenic specificity of niridazole and metronidazole, two chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of human parasitic diseases, were studied with the ad-3 test system of Neurospora crassa. The results show that neither compound is mutagenic in resting conidia. In growing vegetative cells, however, both compounds are mutagenic in N. crassa. Genetic analysis of the mutants indicated that...
Topics
- Genotype
- Metronidazole
- Mutagens
- Neurospora
- Neurospora crassa
- Niridazole
