Genotoxicity of formaldehyde: Molecular basis of DNA damage and mutation

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Kawanishi, Masanobu ^a   Matsuda, Tomonari ^b   Yagi, Takashi ^a,c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA intra strand crosslink; Genotoxicity; Mutation spectrum; supF

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060263973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2014.00036     Document Type: Review

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