Article
[Induction of fragile sites by chemical and physical agents].
Acta physiologica, pharmacologica et therapeutica latinoamericana : organo de la Asociacion Latinoamericana de Ciencias Fisiologicas y [de] la Asociacion Latinoamericana de Farmacologia - 1 Jan 1991
Fundia A F, Larripa I B
Abstract excerpt
Many human malignancies are thought to be caused in large part by environmental agents. Studies indicate that ionizing radiation and many chemical mutagens/carcinogens appear to induce chromosomal mutations. Recently, it was suggested that chromosome aberrations (CA) might be produced by breakage...
Topics
- Aphidicolin
- Bromodeoxyuridine
- Chromosome Fragile Sites
- Chromosome Fragility
- Floxuridine
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
