Effects of substrate specificity on initiating the base excision repair of N-methylpurines by variant human 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylases

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-94

  Connor, Ellen E ^a   Wilson, Jacqueline J ^a   Wyatt, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; 7 METHYLGUANINE; ALKYLATING AGENT; ASPARAGINE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; N METHYLPURINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EXCISION REPAIR; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENICITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GUANINE; HUMANS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 12144272489     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx049822q     Document Type: Article

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