Synthesis, Characterization, and Quantitation of the Major Adducts Formed between Sulfur Mustard and DNA of Calf Thymus and Human Blood

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 199-204

  Fidder, Alex ^a   Moes, Gerrit W H ^a   Scheffer, Annehieke G ^a   van der Schans, Govert P ^a   Baan, Robert A ^a   de Jong, Leo P A ^a   Benschop, Hendrik P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENINE DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; DEOXYGUANOSINE DERIVATIVE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MUSTARD GAS; MUSTARD GAS DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; SULFUR 35;

ALKYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DEGRADATION; DNA ADDUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; SYNTHESIS; THYMUS;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; HUMAN; IN VITRO; LEUKOCYTES; MUSTARD GAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0028267005     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx00038a013     Document Type: Article

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