Introduction, distribution, and removal of 7-methylguanine in different liver chromatin fractions of young and old mice

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-35

  Gaubatz, James W ^a   Tan, Boen H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Alabama Department of Environmental Management   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Methylguanine; Carcinogenesis; Chromatin structure; DNA alkylation; DNA damage; DNA repair; Mammalian aging; N Methyl N nitrosourea; N Methylpurine DNA glycosylase

Indexed keywords

7 METHYLGUANINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; GUANINE; LIVER; MALE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030982861     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00246-1     Document Type: Article

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