Propylene oxide and epichlorohydrin induced DNA strand breaks in human diploid fibroblasts

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-46

  Kolman, Ada ^a   Spivak, Irina ^b   Näslund, Maria ^a   Dušinská, Maria ^c   Cedervall, Björn ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkaline DNA unwinding; Comet assay; Epichlorohydrin; Human diploid fibroblasts; Propylene oxide; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

EPICHLOROHYDRIN; PROPYLENE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIPLOIDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0030740027     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)30:1<40::AID-EM6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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