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Site specificity of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced transition mutations in the hprt gene.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Oct 1991
Zhang L H, Jenssen D
Abstract excerpt
The reaction product of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) with DNA, O6-methylguanine (O6-MeG), is responsible for the mutagenic and carcinogenic effects of this carcinogen. These involve activation of the H-ras proto-oncogene in rat mammary tumors by MNU, with a high frequency of GC to AT transitions in codon 12 of this gene. The present study aimed to investigate the types and position specificities of mutations...
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