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5-methylchrysene

Known as: 5-MeC 
A crystalline, carcinogenic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of four fused rings and produced by the incomplete combustion of organic matter. 5… 
National Institutes of Health

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5-methylchrysene, 3H-labeled

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CarcinogensChrysenes

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A chicken embryo protein related to the mammalian DEAD box protein p68 is tightly associated with the highly purified protein-RNA complex of 5-MeC-DNA glycosylase.
We have shown previously that DNA demethylation by chick embryo 5-methylcytosine (5-MeC)-DNA glycosylase needs both protein and… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Demethylation of DNA by purified chick embryo 5-methylcytosine-DNA glycosylase requires both protein and RNA.
We have previously purified and characterized a 5-methylcytosine (5-MeC)-DNA glycosylase from 12 day old chick embryos [Jost,J.P… 
1991
1991
Comparative DNA binding of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and their dihydrodiol and bay region diolepoxide metabolites in newborn mouse lung and liver.
Bay region diolepoxides of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) generally are more tumorigenic than their parent PAHs in… 
1987
1987
Characterization of 5-methylchrysene-1,2-dihydrodiol-3,4-epoxide-DNA adducts.
Products of reaction of the racemic anti bay region 1,2-dihydrodiol-3,4-epoxide of 5-methylchrysene with DNA were identified by… 
1985
1985
Comparative metabolic activation in mouse skin of the weak carcinogen 6-methylchrysene and the strong carcinogen 5-methylchrysene.
We compared the metabolic activation in mouse skin of the weak carcinogen 6-methylchrysene, which lacks a bay region methyl group… 
1980
1980
Tumor-initiating activity of dihydrodiols formed metabolically from 5-methylchrysene.
The major dihydrodiols formed from 5-methylchrysene by rat liver 9000 X g supernatant were tested for tumor-initiating activity… 
1979
1979
Tumor initiating activity of 5,11-dimethylchrysene and the structural requirements favoring carcinogenicity of methylated polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
1,2-dihydro-1,2-dihydroxy-5-methylchrysene, a major activated metabolite of the environmental carcinogen 5-methylchrysene.
The metabolic activation of the environmental carcinogen 5-methylchrysene was studied by combining high-pressure liquid… 
1975
1975
Nucleotide clusters in deoxyribonucleic acids. XII. The distribution of 5-methylcytosine in pyrimidine oligonucleotides of mouse L-cell satellite DNA and main band DNA.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Composition and structure of chromosomal and amplified ribosomal DNA's of Xenopus laevis.
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