A High Susceptibility of Fanconi's Anemia to Chromosome Breakage by DNA Cross-linking Agents

Cancer Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1973, Pages 1829-1836

  Sasaki, Masao S ^a   Tonomura, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; CAFFEINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORMETHINE; COBALT 60; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHOXSALEN; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MITOMYCIN C;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DECARBAMOYLMITOMYCIN C; ETIOLOGY; FANCONI ANEMIA; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALKANESULFONATES; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTIMETABOLITES; CAFFEINE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTES; MECHLORETHAMINE; METHOXSALEN; MITOMYCINS; NITROSOGUANIDINES; QUINOLINES; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0015891353     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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