LacI mutation spectra following benzo[a]pyrene treatment of Big Blue® mice

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 715-725

  Shane, Barbara S ^a   De Boer, Johan ^b   Watson, David E ^c,e   Haseman, Joseph K ^d   Glickman, Barry W ^b   Tindall, Kenneth R ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Environmental Carcinogenesis Program   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE 7,8 DIHYDRODIOL 9,10 OXIDE; CATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034052578     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/21.4.715     Document Type: Article

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