Genotoxicity of gliotoxin, a secondary metabolite of Aspergillus fumigatus, in a battery of short-term test systems

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 520, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 161-170

  Nieminen, Susanna M ^a   Mäki Paakkanen, Jorma ^b   Hirvonen, Maija Riitta ^b   Roponen, Marjut ^b   Von Wright, Atte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Genotoxicity; Gliotoxin; Indoor air

Indexed keywords

GLIOTOXIN;

AMES TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL VIABILITY; CHO CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE RESPONSE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTOXICITY; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SOS CHROMOTEST;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLIOTOXIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0037179512     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(02)00202-4     Document Type: Article

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