Mutagenic specificity of a derivative of 3-nitrobenzanthrone in the supF shuttle vector plasmids.

doi:10.1021/tx9801054

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Mutagenic specificity of a derivative of 3-nitrobenzanthrone in the supF shuttle vector plasmids.

Chemical research in toxicology - 1 Dec 1998

Kawanishi M, Enya T, Suzuki H, Takebe H, Matsui S, Yagi T

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3-Nitrobenzanthrone (NBA) is a powerful bacterial mutagen and a suspected human carcinogen present in diesel exhaust and airborne particulates [Enya, T., et al. (1997) Environ. Sci. Technol. 31, 2772-2776]. In the accompanying paper [Enya, T., et al. (1998) Chem. Res. Toxcol. 11, 1460-1467], N-ac...

Topics

Base Sequence
Benz(a)Anthracenes
DNA Adducts
DNA Repair
Escherichia coli
Genetic Vectors
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagens
Mutation
Plasmids
Transfection

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