On the role of DNA souble-strand breaks in toxicity and carcinogenesis

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-174

  Vamvakas, Spiros ^a   Vock, Esther H ^a   Lutz, Werner K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA double strand breaks; Genotoxicity; Mutation; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Repair

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENOTOXICITY; IRRADIATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; ELECTROPHORESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0030612124     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408449709021617     Document Type: Review

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