- can
cause cancer in animals, such
mutagens can
therefore be carcinogens,
although not all
necessarily are. All
mutagens have
characteristic mutational signatures...
-
Mutagen X (MX), or 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-5H-furan-2-one, is a
byproduct of the
disinfection of
water by chlorination. MX is
produced by...
-
threshold for
chemical mutagens or carcinogens. However, some have
proposed that
organisms could tolerate low
levels of
mutagens due to
protective mechanisms...
-
during DNA replication. The rate of
mutation may be
increased by
mutagens.
Mutagens can be physical, such as
radiation from UV rays, X-rays or extreme...
-
inexplicable stillbirth. On
further evaluation, a sort of
foreign content,
mutagens,
capable of
altering the DNA, was
found in her blood. Strikingly, the same...
- to
mutagen, he
dissolved into a 6-foot (1.8 m).
mutant blob of
mutagen with
floating organs and a
disintegrating touch. He kept in a
special mutagen container...
- or as a
result of
exposure to
mutagens. It can also be
achieved experimentally using laboratory procedures. A
mutagen is a mutation-causing agent, be...
-
Other environmental mutagens Diagnostic method Medical imaging,
tissue biopsy Prevention Avoid smoking and
other environmental mutagens Treatment Surgery...
-
Caffeine is a
central nervous system (CNS)
stimulant of the
methylxanthine class and is the most
commonly consumed psychoactive substance globally. It...
- were not
corrected by
proofreading or can be
induced by an
environmental mutagen such as a
chemical (e.g.,
nitrous acid, benzopyrene) or
radiation (e.g...
