The tryptophan photoproduct 6-formylindolo[3,2-b] carbazole helps genes jump

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 18239-18240

  Rannug, Agneta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 FORMYLINDOLO[3,2 B]CARBAZOLE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

CARBAZOLES; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOLYSIS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TRYPTOPHAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78649863660     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013653107     Document Type: Note

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