The Escherichia coli lacZ reversion mutagenicity assay

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 455, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 71-80

  David Josephy, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aromatic amines; Arylamine N acetyltransferase; E. coli; Heterocyclic amines; lacZ; Mutagenesis; P450 1A2; UmuDC; UvrABC; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 3,4 DIMETHYLIMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOLINE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; ETHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; LACTOSE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EPISOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; REVIEW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034693835     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(00)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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