DNA damage by gliotoxin from Aspergillus fumigatus. An occupational and environmental propagule: Adduct detection as measured by 32P DNA radiolabelling and two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography

Mycoses

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Golden, Michelle C ^a   Hahm, Sae J ^a   Elessar, R E ^a   Saksonov, S ^a   Steinberg, J J ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adduct; Aspergillus fumigatus; DNA damage; Free radical; Gliotoxin; Mycotoxin

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDRO 5,6 DIHYDROXYTHYMIDINE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYCYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DNA; GLIOTOXIN; PHOSPHORUS; PIPERAZINEDIONE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COCARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENT; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031809242     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1998.tb00308.x     Document Type: Article

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