Article
Genetic modification and variations in solvent increase the sensitivity of the yeast RAD54-GFP genotoxicity assay.
Mutagenesis - 1 Sept 2005
Walsh L, Hastwell P W, Keenan P O, Knight A W, Billinton N, Walmsley R M
Abstract excerpt
The yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) RAD54-GFP DNA repair reporter assay (GreenScreen assay, GSA) can be used for early genotoxicity screening in drug discovery. During the initial validation of this preregulatory assay, a subset of known genotoxic compounds that did not give reproducibly clear positive GSA results was identified. Cell permeability, inherent drug resistance mechanisms, metabolic activation and...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Cell Wall
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- DNA Helicases
- DNA Repair
- DNA Repair Enzymes
- Ethanol
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, Reporter
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
