Effect of stable integration of the Escherichia coli ada gene on the sensitivity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the toxic and mutagenic effects of alkylating agents

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-69

  Farkašová, Eva ^a   Chovanec, Miroslav ^a   Vlasáková, Danuša ^a   Vlčková, Viera ^b   Margison, Geoffrey P ^c   Brozmanová, Jela ^a  

^a CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 cyclohexyl 1 chloroethylnitrosourea; Ada gene; Heterologous ada gene expression; Methyl methanesulfonate; N methyl N' nitro N nitrosoguanidine; O6 alkylguanine DNA alkyltransferase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Stable integration

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; LOMUSTINE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; MUTAGENESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENS; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0342980263     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(2000)35:1<66::AID-EM9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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