Mutagenicity of furfural in plasmid DNA.

doi:10.1016/0304-3835(95)90163-9

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Mutagenicity of furfural in plasmid DNA.

Cancer letters - 10 Feb 1995

Khan Q A, Shamsi F A, Hadi S M

Abstract excerpt

Furfural is recognized as a dietary mutagen and is present in various foods and beverages. We have examined the mutagenic effect of furfural induced lesions in plasmid pBluescript SK(+/-). There was a progressive decrease in the transformation capacity of the plasmid as a function of furfural con...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA
DNA Damage
Furaldehyde
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
Genetic Complementation Test
Lac Operon
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagens
Mutation
Plasmids
Transformation, Genetic
beta-Galactosidase

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