Toward understanding the mutagenicity of an environmental carcinogen: Structural insights into nucleotide incorporation preferences

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 291-309

  Perlow, Rebecca A ^a   Broyde, Suse ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogen DNA adduct; Carcinogen induced mutagenicity; Environmental carcinogen; Nucleotide incorporation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYCYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYGUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA POLYMERASE; GLYCOSIDE; GUANINE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYN; THYMIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CARCINOGEN DNA INTERACTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036382913     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00751-9     Document Type: Article

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