Base sequence selectivity in the alkylation of DNA by 1,3-dialkyl-3-acyltriazenes

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 341-348

  Kroeger Smith, Marilyn B ^a   Taneyhill, Lisa A ^a,b   Michejda, Christopher J ^a   Smith Jr , Richard H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; SYNTHETIC DNA; TRIAZENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DECOMPOSITION; DNA ADDUCT; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THYMUS;

ALKYLATION; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BUFFERS; DNA DAMAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERS; TRIAZENES;

EID: 0030034737     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9500742     Document Type: Article

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