Article
A teratologic suppressor role for p53 in benzo[a]pyrene-treated transgenic p53-deficient mice.
Nature genetics - 1 Jun 1995
Nicol C J, Harrison M L, Laposa R R, Gimelshtein I L, Wells P G
Abstract excerpt
DNA damage may mediate birth defects caused by many drugs and environmental chemicals, therefore p53, a tumour suppressor gene that facilitates DNA repair, may be critically embryoprotective. We have studied the effects of the environmental teratogen, benzo[a]pyrene, on pregnant heterozygous p53-deficient mice. Such mice exhibited between 2- to 4-fold higher embryotoxicity and teratogenicity than normal...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Drug-Induced
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
- Enzyme Induction
- Female
- Fetal Resorption
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, p53
- Genotype
