Effects of methyl and inorganic mercury exposure on genome homeostasis and mitochondrial function in Caenorhabditis elegans

DNA Repair

Volumn 52, Issue , 2017, Pages 31-48

  Wyatt, Lauren H ^a   Luz, Anthony L ^a   Cao, Xiou ^b   Maurer, Laura L ^a   Blawas, Ashley M ^a   Aballay, Alejandro ^b   Pan, William K Y ^a,c   Meyer, Joel N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Copy number; DNA damage; Innate immunity; Mercury; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY; METHYL GROUP; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; HELMINTH DNA; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; EXPOSURE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; GENOTOXICITY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MITOCHONDRION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, HELMINTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MITOCHONDRIA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85028264288     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.02.005     Document Type: Article

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