Mouse liver glutathione S-transferase mediated metabolism of methylene chloride to a mutagen in the CHO/HPRT assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-150

  Graves, R J ^a,b   Green, T ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CHO cell; Methylene chloride; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER CYTOSOL; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; METABOLITE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0030010272     PISSN: 01651218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(95)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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