Benzo(a)pyrene and X-rays induce reversions of the pink-eyed unstable mutation in the retinal pigment epithelium of mice

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 457, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 31-40

  Bishop, A J R ^a   Kosaras, B ^b   Sidman, R L ^b   Schiestl, R H ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Deletion; Pink eyed unstable; Position effect variegation; Recombination; X rays

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; EYE TOXICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0034694955     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(00)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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