Sensitivity of the FPG protein towards alkylation damage in the comet assay

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-158

  Speit, Günter ^a   Schütz, Petra ^a   Bonzheim, Irina ^a   Trenz, Kristina ^a   Hoffmann, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkylating agents; Comet assay; FPG protein; Human blood cells; Hydrogen peroxide; pH value; V79 cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ALKYLATING AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE PROTEIN; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRAIN V 79; CHINESE HAMSTER; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345276655     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.09.010     Document Type: Article

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