Transcriptional template activity of covalently modified DNA

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-143

  Tołwińska Stańczyk, Zofia ^a   Wilmańska, Dorota ^a   Studzian, Kazimierz ^a   Gniazdowski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

8 Methoxypsoralen; Adducts; DNA; Fucocoumarins; Nitracrine; Psoralens; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; METHOXSALEN; METHOXSALEN DERIVATIVE; NITRACRINE; PSORALEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA; KINETICS; METHOXSALEN; NITRACRINE; PSORALENS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0343052667     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(96)00186-8     Document Type: Article

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