Methylating agents and DNA repair responses: Methylated bases and sources of strand breaks

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1580-1594

  Wyatt, Michael D ^a   Pittman, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFATE; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA BASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLMETHANE SULFONATE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN;

BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; EPIGENETICS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845726097     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx060164e     Document Type: Review

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