par Barbin, Alain;Bartsch, Herbert;Tenenbaum, Liliane ;Toman, Z.;Radman, Miroslaw
Référence Mutation research, 152, 2-3, page (157-159)
Publication Publié, 1985-11
Référence Mutation research, 152, 2-3, page (157-159)
Publication Publié, 1985-11
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : | The mechanism of mutagenicity of chloroethylene oxide (CEO), an ultimate carcinogenic metabolite of vinyl chloride, was investigated in 3 Escherichia coli strains (E. coli "multitest"). In this system, the mutagenicity of CEO was found to be mainly SOS-independent. CEO did not induce recombinational events at a detection level of about 10-2 recombinants/survivor. Our results indicate that CEO- (or vinyl chloride-) induced bacterial mutagenesis arise mainly from miscoding DNA adducts. © 1985. |