Intermediates produced in the reaction of chromium(VI) with dehydroascorbate cause single-strand breaks in plasmid DNA

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-278

  Stearns, Diane M ^a   Wetterhahn, Karen E ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; PH; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CHROMIUM; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0030960837     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9601521     Document Type: Article

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