Evaluation and characterization of micronuclei induced by the antitumour agent ASE [3β-hydroxy-13α-amino-13,17-seco-5α-androstan-17-oic-13,17- lactam-p-bis(2-chloroethyl)amino phenylacetate] in human lymphocyte cultures

Mutagenesis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-221

  Andrianopoulos, C ^a   Stephanou, G ^a   Politi, E ^a   Demopoulos, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY 13ALPHA AMINO 13,17 SECO 5ALPHA ANDROSTAN 17 OIC 13,17 LACTAM 4 BIS(2 CHLOROETHYL)AMINO PHENYLACETIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA; MITOMYCIN C; PHENYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA PROBE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AZASTEROIDS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTROMERE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENESIS; NITROGEN MUSTARD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0034111415     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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