Frequencies of hprt- mutations and bcl-2 translocations in circulating human lymphocytes are correlated with United Kingdom sunlight records

Mutagenesis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 527-532

  Bentham, Graham ^a   Wolfreys, Alison M ^b   Liu, Yafei ^c   Cortopassi, Gino ^d   Green, Michael H L ^e   Arlett, Colin F ^e   Cole, Jane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGEN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032702771     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/14.6.527     Document Type: Article

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