Arene Imines, a New Class of Exceptionally Potent Mutagens in Bacterial and Mammalian Cells

Cancer Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 2600-2607

  Glatt, Hansruedi ^a   Ludewig, Gabriele ^a   Platt, Karl L ^a   Waechter, Felix ^a   Yona, Irene ^a   Ben Shoshan, Shoshana ^a   Jerushalmy, Parvin ^a   Blum, Joachanan ^a   Oesch, Franz ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE 5,6 OXIDE; BENZO[A]PYRENE 4,5 IMINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; THERAPY;

ANIMALS; AZIRIDINES; AZIRINES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BENZOPYRENES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE;

EID: 0021882135     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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