Mutagenic mechanisms in leukemia and cancer: A new concept. Cytosine lack could be as mutagenic as cytosine deamination

Leukemia Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1079-1083

  Parry, T E ^a  

^a Awelon   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytosine deamination; Cytosine lack; Mutagenic mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GLYCINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITROUS ACID; THREONINE; URACIL;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; AMINATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEAMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; METHYLATION; MOLECULE; MUTAGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CYTOSINE; DEAMINATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; POINT MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URACIL;

EID: 33745898263     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.12.019     Document Type: Article

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