[Effect of immobilization of amidopyrine in polyvinyl alcohol on mutagenicity of yeast].

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[Effect of immobilization of amidopyrine in polyvinyl alcohol on mutagenicity of yeast].

Genetika - 1 Apr 1993

Korzhenevskaia M A, Mikheev V S

Abstract excerpt

Frequency of gene mutations was studied on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae after treatment with amidopyrine (AP) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). PVA was found to have no mutagenic activity, whereas AP increased mutation frequency in dependence of drug concentrations (15 and 30 mg/ml) and the dura...

Topics

Aminopyrine
Mutagenicity Tests
Mutation
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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