Alkylation-induced apoptosis of embryonic stem cells in which the gene for DNA-repair, methyltransferase, had been disrupted by gene targeting

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 889-896

  Tominaga, Yohei ^a   Tsuzuki, Teruhisa ^a   Shiraishi, Akiko ^a   Kawate, Hisaya ^a   Sekiguchi, Mutsuo ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 O METHYLTHYMINE; 6 O METHYLGUANINE; ALKYLATING AGENT; FLUOROCHROME; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEM CELL;

ALKYLATION; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA REPAIR; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031426561     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.5.889     Document Type: Article

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