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Endogenous genotoxic agents and processes as a basis of spontaneous carcinogenesis.
Mutation research - 1 May 1990
Lutz W K
Abstract excerpt
A list of endogenous DNA-damaging agents and processes is given. Endogenous electrophiles are found with the cosubstrates of physiological transfer reactions (S-adenosylmethionine for methylation, ATP for phosphorylation, NAD+ for ADP-ribosylation, acetyl CoA for acetylation). Aldehyde groups (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, formaldehyde, open forms of reducing sugars, degradation products of peroxidation) or...
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