Molecular characterization of mutations in the hprt gene of normal human skin keratinocytes treated with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea: Influence of O6-alkylguanine alkyltransferase

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-179

  Tong, Hua Hua ^a   Park, Jeong Hae ^a   Brady, Tonya ^a   Weghorst, Christopher M ^b   D'Ambrosio, Steven M ^a,c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Division of Radiobiology   (United States)

Author keywords

ENU; Epithelium; hprt; Human; Mutagenesis; Skin

Indexed keywords

6 O ALKYLGUANINE DNA ALKYLTRANSFERASE; ALKYLATING AGENT; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION;

CELL LINE; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; KERATINOCYTES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

EID: 0030887741     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)29:2<168::AID-EM8>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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