Mammalian 06-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase: Regulation and Importance in Response to Alkylating Carcinogenic and Therapeutic Agents'
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Alkylating agents and compounds converted metabolically to alkylating agents form an important class of carcinogens and mutagens that includes a number of environmentally important /V-nitrosocompounds. A number of alkylating agents are also useful antitumor drugs. There are many factors determining the sensitivity to the toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic poten tial of these compounds (1-4).2 One of these is the capacity to
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Mammalian O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase: regulation and importance in response to alkylating carcinogenic and therapeutic agents.
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