"Mutagens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Chemical agents that increase the rate of genetic mutation by interfering with the function of nucleic acids. A clastogen is a specific mutagen that causes breaks in chromosomes.
| Descriptor ID |
D009153
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.888.569.468
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mutagens" by people in Profiles.
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From the Cover: An Investigation of the Genotoxicity and Interference of Gold Nanoparticles in Commonly Used In Vitro Mutagenicity and Genotoxicity Assays. Toxicol Sci. 2017 03 01; 156(1):149-166.
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A combinatorial role for MutY and Fpg DNA glycosylases in mutation avoidance in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Mutat Res. 2015 Sep; 779:24-32.
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Antioxidant and genotoxic properties of South African herbal extracts. Mutat Res. 2005 Mar 07; 581(1-2):35-42.
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Nucleotide excision repair by extracts of human fetal hepatocytes. FEBS Lett. 2002 May 08; 518(1-3):144-8.