Identification of formaldehyde as the metabolite responsible for the mutagenicity of methyl tertiary-butyl ether in the activated mouse lymphoma assay

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 338-341

  Mackerer, C R ^a   Angelosanto, F A ^a   Blackburn, G R ^a   Schreiner, C A ^a  

^a Stonybrook Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FORMIC ACID; HEMPA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; LYMPHOMA CELL; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLITE; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029801204     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-212-44023     Document Type: Article

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