Epigenetic perturbations in the pathogenesis of mustard toxicity; hypothesis and preliminary results

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 236-241

  Korkmaz, Ahmet ^a   Uysal, Bulent ^a   Topal, Turgut ^a   Oter, Sukru ^a   Yaren, Hakan ^a   Kunak, Z Ilker ^a   Kenar, Levent ^a   Kurt, Bulent ^a   Ucar, Ergun ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; epigenetic; histone acetylation; mechlorethamine; toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859118508     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10102-010-0048-5     Document Type: Article

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