Effect of sulphur mustard on the initiation and elongation of transcription

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 525-532

  Masta, Andrew ^a   Gray, Peter J ^a,b   Phillips, Don R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; MUSTARD GAS; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA TEMPLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALKYLATION; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MUSTARD GAS; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029866138     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.3.525     Document Type: Article

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