Metabolism of arsenic in Drosophila melanogaster and the genotoxicity of dimethylarsinic acid in the drosophila wing spot test

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 162-168

  Rizki, Mostapha ^a   Kossatz, Elk ^a   Velázquez, Antonia ^a   Creus, Amadeu ^a   Farina, Massimo ^b   Fortaner, Salvador ^b   Sabbioni, Enrico ^b   Marcos, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic methylation; Dimethylarsinic acid; Drosophila wing spot test; Genotoxicity; Sodium arsenite

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CACODYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA WING SPOT TEST; FORELIMB; GENOTOXICITY; METHYLATION; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC MUTATION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CACODYLIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA DAMAGE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; METHYLATION; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; TIME FACTORS; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 33645527434     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20178     Document Type: Article

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