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Mutagens

Known as: Genotoxins, Mutagen 
Anything that causes a mutation (a change in the DNA of a cell). DNA changes caused by mutagens may harm cells and cause certain diseases, such as… 
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2004
2004
Histopathology of Carp ( Cyprinus carpio L.) Larvae Exposed to Cyanobacteria Extract
Palikova M., S. Navratil, F. ·turba, F. Tich˘, B. Mar‰alek, L. Blaha: Histopathology of Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) Larvae Exposed… 
2003
2003
Inhibition of Mutagenicity of Food-Derived Heterocyclic Amines by Sulphoraphene - an Isothiocyanate Isolated from Radish
R Raphanus sativus Salmonella/ Salmonella typhimurium in vitro 
1984
1984
DNA repair synthesis following exposure to chemical mutagens in primary liver, stomach, and intestinal cells isolated from rainbow trout.
DNA repair synthesis was autoradiographically measured in liver, stomach, and intestinal cells isolated from rainbow trout which… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Mutagen treatment as a means for selecting immunogenic variants from otherwise poorly immunogenic malignant murine tumors.
The selection of nontumorigenic (tum-), highly immunogenic variants from four different tumorigenic but poorly immunogenic murine… 
1981
1981
Exposure to carcinogenic chemicals and smoking increases urinary excretion of mutagens in humans.
Urine samples from a control population and from a population of chemical workers from two chemical plants near Florence, Italy… 
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1980
Highly Cited
1980
A sensitive hepatocyte-mediated assay for the metabolism of nitrosamines to mutagens for mammalian cells.
A sensitive cell-mediated assay has been developed for testing mutagenesis in Chinese hamster V79 cells by carcinogenic… 
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1974
Highly Cited
1974
Induction of endoreduplication in cultured mammalian cells by some chemical mutagens.
Summary Chinese hamster cells treated with such chemical mutagens as 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide, captan, acridine dyes, and Cytoxan… 
1973
1973
Induction of mitotic crossing over in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by breakdown products of dimethylnitrosamine, diethylnitrosamine, 1-naphthylamine and 2-naphthylamine formed by an in vitro…
Dimethylnitrosamine and diethylnitrosamine, two potent carcinogens, are nonmutagenic when tested directly in microorganisms… 
1960
1960
Mutagenicity in the sperm of Drosophila and the structure of the “nitrogen-mustard” molecule
Mutagenicity in the sperm of Drosophila and the structure of the “nitrogen-mustard” molecule 
1956
1956
The influence of photoreactivating light on the type and frequency of tumors induced by ultraviolet radiation.
Summary Ultraviolet light, λ 2537 A, is a potent inducer of skin neoplasms in albino mice. This finding is contrary to reports in…