SOS-inducing activity of chemical carcinogens and mutagens in Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002: examination with 151 chemicals

Mutation Research Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 239-246

  Nakamura, Sei ichi ^a   Oda, Yoshimitsu ^a   Shimada, Tsutomu ^a   Oki, Iwashiro ^a   Sugimoto, Kanji ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Genotoxicity; Mutagenicity; SOS response; umu gene

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023472186     PISSN: 01657992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(87)90063-7     Document Type: Article

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