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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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Review
2004
Review
2004
Mutagens in surface waters: a review.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Genotoxicity of pesticides: a review of human biomonitoring studies.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Tobacco smoke carcinogens, DNA damage and p53 mutations in smoking-associated cancers
It is estimated that cigarette smoking kills over 1 000 000 people each year by causing lung cancer as well as many other… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Atmospheric chemistry of gas-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: formation of atmospheric mutagens.
The atmospheric chemistry of the 2- to 4-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which exist mainly in the gas phase in the… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
The cytokinesis-block micronucleus technique: a detailed description of the method and its application to genotoxicity studies in human populations.
  • M. Fenech
  • Mutation research
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 25907436
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Evaluation of the new system (umu-test) for the detection of environmental mutagens and carcinogens.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
A new Salmonella tester strain (TA102) with A X T base pairs at the site of mutation detects oxidative mutagens.
A new tester strain, TA102, is described as an addition to the set of strains for the Salmonella/microsome mutagenicity test… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Detection of carcinogens as mutagens in the Salmonella/microsome test: assay of 300 chemicals: discussion.
About 300 carcinogens and non-carcinogens of a wide variety of chemical types have been tested for mutagenicity in the simple… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Cytological detection of mutagen–carcinogen exposure by sister chromatid exchange
A staining technique that detects sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) has been used to examine the response of chromosomes in… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Detection of carcinogens as mutagens: bacterial tester strains with R factor plasmids.
We described previously a simple test on petri plates for detecting chemical carcinogens as mutagens, using an especially… 
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