Effect of arsenic and cadmium on the persistence of mutagen-induced DNA lesions in human cells

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-104

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Speit, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Comet assay; DNA repair; Methyl methanesulphonate; SCG test

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENITE SODIUM; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM SULFATE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE;

ARSENITES; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFATES; SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS;

EID: 0029915960     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1996)27:2<98::AID-EM4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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