3′-intercalation of a N2-dG 1R-trans-anti-benzo[c] phenanthrene DNA adduct in an iterated (CG)3 repeat

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1348-1358

  Wang, Yazhen ^a   Schnetz Boutaud, Nathalie C ^a   Kroth, Heiko ^b   Yagi, Haruhiko ^b   Sayer, Jane M ^b   Kumar, Subodh ^c   Jerina, Donald M ^b   Stone, Michael P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO(C)PHENANTHRENE; DNA; INTERCALATING AGENT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA ADDUCT; HYDROGEN BOND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CPG ISLAND; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA ADDUCTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTERCALATING AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PHENANTHRENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 49049108490     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx7004103     Document Type: Article

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