Thymidine kinase deficient cells with decreased TTP pools are hypersensitive to DNA alkylating agents

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 362, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Wakazono, Yoshihiro ^a   Kubota, Masaru ^a   Furusho, Kenshi ^a   Liu, Lili ^b   Gerson, Stanton L ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylating agent; Cytotoxicity; Mutation frequency; Thymidine kinase; TTP pool

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; THYMIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; MUTAGENICITY; MUTANT; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030042102     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(95)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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