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Chromosome aberrations induced by etoposide (VP-16) are not random.
International journal of cancer - 15 Nov 1990
Maraschin J, Dutrillaux B, Aurias A
Abstract excerpt
The clastogenic effect of etoposide, an anti-cancer chemotherapeutic drug, was investigated in vitro on lymphocytes of 5 healthy donors. The analysis of the first division metaphases arising after mutagenesis in G1 phase shows that chromosome-type aberrations are much more frequent than chromatid-type lesions. The distribution in relation to chromosome lengths of the 439 breakpoints that were accurately...
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