Cadmium is a mutagen that acts by inhibiting mismatch repair

Nature Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-329

  Jin, Yong Hwan ^a   Clark, Alan B ^a   Slebos, Robbert J C ^a   Al Refai, Hanan ^a   Taylor, Jack A ^a   Kunkel, Thomas A ^a   Resnick, Michael A ^a   Gordenin, Dmitry A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DNA POLYMERASE; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HYPERMUTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; MUTATION SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CADMIUM; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENOME; KINETICS; MITOSIS; MUTAGENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037716637     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1172     Document Type: Article

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