A sensitive biochemical assay for the detection of uracil

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Cabelof, Diane C ^a,b   Nakamura, Jun ^c   Heydari, Ahmad R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehydic lesion; DNA damage; Slot blot; Uracil

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHOXYAMINE; URACIL;

ALDEHYDIC SLOT BLOT ASSAY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOTINYLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COLON; DNA; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; SULFITES; URACIL; URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32544451762     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20165     Document Type: Article

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