Transient DNA lesions induced by benzo[a]pyrene in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

doi:10.1016/0165-7992(84)90059-9

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Transient DNA lesions induced by benzo[a]pyrene in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000

Blakey D H, Douglas G R

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Alkaline sucrose gradient sedimentation analysis was used to detect DNA lesions induced by benzo[a]pyrene B(a)P in Chinese hamster ovary cells. The number of lesions detected immediately following treatment with 10(-4) M B(a)P was related directly to the duration of treatment. When treated cells...

Topics

Animals
Benzo(a)pyrene
Benzopyrenes
Cell Line
Cricetinae
Cricetulus
DNA
Female
Kinetics
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutagens
Mutation
Ovary
Time Factors

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