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Nitrosourea Compounds
Known as:
nitrosureas
, Nitrosourea Compound
, nitrosurea
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Any of a class of alkylating agents that contain both a nitroso group and a urea. They are lipophilic and can cross the blood-brain barrier.
National Institutes of Health
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1,1-ethylenebis(1-nitrosourea)
1,3-dibutyl-1-nitrosourea
1-amyl-1-nitrosourea
B 3839
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Broader (3)
Alkylating Agents
Nitroso Compounds
Urea
In Blood
Lomustine
agonists
antagonists & inhibitors
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Development of an in vivo gene mutation assay using the endogenous Pig‐A gene: I. Flow cytometric detection of CD59‐negative peripheral red blood cells and CD48‐negative spleen T‐cells from the rat
D. Miura
,
V. Dobrovolsky
,
Y. Kasahara
,
Y. Katsuura
,
R. Heflich
Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
2008
Corpus ID: 5376630
The product of the phosphatidylinositol glycan complementation group A gene (Pig‐A) is involved in the synthesis of…
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Mouse mutagenesis-systematic studies of mammalian gene function.
S. Brown
,
P. Nolan
Human Molecular Genetics
1998
Corpus ID: 10445897
The mouse will play a pivotal role in mammalian gene function studies as we enter the post-genomics era. The challenge is to…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Allium cepa anaphase-telophase root tip chromosome aberration assay on N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, maleic hydrazide, sodium azide, and ethyl methanesulfonate.
J. Rank
,
M. H. Nielsen
Mutation research
1997
Corpus ID: 22305396
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Gene interaction and single gene effects in colon tumour susceptibility in mice
T. Wezel
,
A. Stassen
,
C. J. Moen
,
A. Hart
,
M. Valk
,
P. Demant
Nature Genetics
1996
Corpus ID: 25649695
To dissect the multigenic control of colon tumour susceptibility in the mouse1 we used the set of 20 CcS/Dem (CcS) recombinant…
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Review
1987
Review
1987
Activated neu oncogene sequences in primary tumors of the peripheral nervous system induced in rats by transplacental exposure to ethylnitrosourea.
A. Perantoni
,
J. Rice
,
C. Reed
,
M. Watatani
,
M. Wenk
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1987
Corpus ID: 36488802
Neurogenic tumors were selectively induced in high incidence in F344 rats by a single transplacental exposure to the direct…
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Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Induction of mutations and sister-chromatid exchanges in Chinese hamster ovary cells by ethylating agents.
R. Heflich
,
D. Beranek
,
R L Kodell
,
Suzanne M. Morris
Mutation research
1982
Corpus ID: 31868799
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The enhancement of cytotoxicity of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea and of gamma-radiation by inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
Nsirim Nduka
,
Christopher J. Skidmore
,
S. Shall
European Journal of Biochemistry
1980
Corpus ID: 29335185
Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase show a synergistic potentiation of cytotoxicity with certain DNA-damaging agents. Non…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Chemotherapy of human colon cancer xenografts in athymic nude mice
R. Osieka
,
D. Houchens
,
A. Goldin
,
Randall K. Johnson
Cancer
1977
Corpus ID: 34238037
The lack of effective chemotherapy in advanced colon cancer and difficulties in evaluating response in clinical trials indicate a…
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Review
1975
Review
1975
Clinical comparison of the nitrosoureas
T. Wasserman
,
M. Slavik
,
S. Carter
Cancer
1975
Corpus ID: 19360170
The nitrosourea group of antitumor agents was developed by the Division of Cancer Treatment of the National Cancer Institute…
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Quantitative aspects of the repair of alkylated DNA in cultured mammalian cells. II. Non-semiconservative DNA synthesis ('repair synthesis') in HeLa and Chinese hamster cells following treatment with…
J. Roberts
,
J. Pascoe
,
B. Smith
,
A. R. Crathorn
Chemico-Biological Interactions
1971
Corpus ID: 34422464
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