Aqueous extract of betel nut-induced adducts on pMTa4 DNA acquires stability in the presence of Na+ and K+ ions

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-441

  Bhattacharjee, Chaitali ^a   Sharan, Rajeshwar Nath ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract of betel nut; Betel nut specific adduct; Gel mobility shift; Monovalent cations; pMTa4 DNA; Stability

Indexed keywords

BETEL EXTRACT; DNA; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STOICHIOMETRY;

PIPER BETEL;

EID: 69249121635     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.1.3.435     Document Type: Article

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