N-Ethyl-N-nitrosourea predominantly induces mutations at AT base pairs in pre-meiotic germ cells of Drosophila males

Mutagenesis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-380

  Tosal, Luis ^a   Comendador, Miguel A ^a   Sierra, L María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ARTICLE; DNA ADDUCT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIRING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; MALE; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; SPERMATOZOA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031850202     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/13.4.375     Document Type: Article

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