Mutation Research: Mutation Research Letters 1992: Vol 282 Table of Contents

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Mutation Research, 282 (1992) 289-291
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Contents
Volume 282 (1992)
Research Letters
Past plagues and modern biotechnology
H.S. Rosenkranz (U.S.A.)
Synaptonemal complex alterations in X-irradiated and in oestrogen-treated mice: a comparative study
M.B. Masumbuko, M.M. Freund and R. De Meyer (Belgium)
Faster rates of DNA unwinding under alkaline conditions in xrs-5 cells may reflect chromatin structure alterations
J.L. Schwartz, E. Moan, R. Mustafi, L. Fink and L.S. Yasui (U.S.A.)
Sister-chromatid exchange rates in XX and XY cells of ten chimeric Callithrix jacchus individuals
P. Bigatti, L. Lamberti, G. Oberto and G. Ardito (Italy)
Electric and/or magnetic field effects on DNA structure and function in cultured human cells
M. Fiorani, O. Cantoni, P. Sestili, R. Conti, P. Nicolini, F. Vetrano and M. Dacha (Italy)
Application of the standard mutagenesis assay results in underestimation of ethyl methanesulphonate-induced
mutations to ouabain-resistance in Chinese hamster cells
F. Mirzayans, J.M. Parry and R. Mirzayans (Canada, Great Britain)
A recA-ada hybrid gene inducible by DNA damage
K. Kleibl, G.P. Margison, M. Skorvaga, J. Brozmanova and F. MaSek (Czechoslovakia, U.K.)
The effect of caffeine on DAPI-inducible fragile sites
F. Pelliccia and A. Rocchi (Italy)
Camptothecin-induced sister-chromatid exchange dependent on the presence of bromodeoxyuridine and the phase of
the cell cycle
J.H. Zhao, H. Tohda and A. Oikawa (Japan)
Influence of cinnamaldehyde on UV-induced gene conversion and point mutation in yeast: effect on protein synthesis
A. Galli, C. Della Croce, S. Minnucci, R. Fiorio and G. Bronzetti (Italy)
Cytotoxicity of tin on human peripheral lymphocytes in vitro
B.B. Ganguly (Ghosh), G. Talukdar and A. Sharma (India)
Low temperature between conditioning and challenge treatment prevents the ‘adaptive response’ of Vicia faba root
tip meristem cells
R. Rieger, A. Michaelis and S. Takehisa (Germany, Japan) 69
Increased mutagenicity of some nitroimidazoles by non-mutagenic nitrotoluene on Klebsiella pneumoniae (fluctuation
test)
C.E. Voogd, J.J. van der Stel and M.C. van Bruchem (Netherlands) 73
Simultaneous analysis of chromosome damage and aneuploidy in cytokinesis-blocked V79 Chinese hamster lung cells
using an antikinetochore antibody
G. Krishna, R. Fiedler and J.C. Theiss (USA) 79
Solvent extraction efficiencies of mutagenic components from diesel particles
C.N. Montreuil, J.C. Ball, R.A. Gorse Jr. and W.C. Young (U.S.A.) 89
Glycyrrhiza glabra extract as an effector of interception in Escherichia coli K12 +
S. Kuo, D.M. Shankel, H. Telikepalli and L.A. Mitscher (USA) 93
Genotoxicity of N-acryloyl-N '-phenylpiperazine, a redox activator for acrylic resin polymerization
M. Taningher, R. Pasquini, M.C. Tanzi and S. Bonatti (Italy) 99
Chromosome aberrations reduced in whole-body irradiated mice by pretreatment with cyanide
J. Schubert, S.F. Pan and N. Wald (USA) 107
Insect sex chromosomes, XI. >H-TdR induces random aberrations in the X chromosome(s) of Gryllotalpa fossor
(Orthoptera)
S. Sarkar and S.R.V. Rao (India) 113
Inhibition of mutagenesis by p-aminobenzoic acid as a nitrite scavenger
Y. Kako, Y. Toyoda, Y. Hatanaka, Y. Suwa, H. Nukaya and M. Nagao (Japan) 119
Ethylene dibromide: negative results with the mouse dominant lethal assay and the electrophoretic specific-locus test
L.B. Barnett, D.P. Lovell, C.F. Felton, B.J. Gibson, R.R. Cobb, D.S. Sharpe, M.D. Shelby and S.E. Lewis (USA,
UK)
290
Induction of sister-chromatid exchanges by 2-aminofluorene in cultured human lymphocytes with and without
erythrocytes
H. Norppa and H. Jarventaus (Finland) 135
32 P_Postlabelling analysis of DNA from human tissues
M.N. Routledge, R.C. Garner, D. Jenkins and J. Cuzick (UK) 139
Suppressing effects of glucan on micronuclei induced by cyclophosphamide in mice
D. Chorvatovicova and J. Navarova (Czechoslovakia) 147
Melphalan, a second chemical for which specific-locus mutation induction in the mouse is maximum in early
spermatids
L.B. Russell, P.R. Hunsicker and M.D. Shelby (USA) 151
Simultaneous evaluation of clastogenicity, aneugenicity and toxicity in the mouse micronucleus assay using
immunofluorescence
G. Krishna, R. Fiedler and J.C. Theiss (USA) 159
The clastogenic potential in vitro of pyrrolizidine alkaloids employing hepatocyte metabolism
L. Miller, P. Kasper and G. Kaufmann (Germany) 169
Modified metabolism of a carcinogen, 3-amino-1-methyl-5 H-pyrido[4,3-b jindole (Trp-P-2), by liver S9 from Schisto-
soma japonicum-infected mice
S. Arimoto, H. Matsuoka, T. Aji, A. Ishii, Y. Wataya and H. Hayatsu (Japan) 177
Mutagenic specificity in DNA base sequence by irradiation of health lamp light (UV-B) in Escherichia coli
K. Okaichi, K. Nagashima, K. Nozu and T. Ohnishi (Japan) 183
Sampling times in micronucleus testing
P. Vanparys, G. Deknudt, F. Vermeiren, M. Sysmans and R. Marsboom (Belgium) 191
Characterization of the progeny of X-ray irradiated males from two Drosophila virilis strains differing in genetic
instability
I.S. Gubenko and R.P. Subbota (Ukraine) 197
Inhibition of recA induction by the radioprotector 2-mercaptoethylamine
M. Naslund, A. Kolman and L. Ehrenberg (Sweden) 203
No increase in chromosome aberrations in workers from an oil catalytic cracking plant
A. Rojas and S.I. Fernandez (Cuba) 209
Sister-chromatid exchanges in B-thalassaemic patients under conditions of in vivo and in vitro depletion of folic acid
A.E. Silva, A.J. Manzato and M. Varella-Garcia (Brazil) 213
The presence of genotoxic and bioactive components in indigo dyed fabrics — a possible health risk?
U. Rannug, H. Bramstedt and U. Nilsson (Sweden) 219
Technical Note
A simple and convenient method for gaining pure populations of lymphocytes at the first mitotic division in vitro
D.-q. Chen and C.-y. Zhang (China) 227
Research Letters
Clastogenicity of 2-chlorobenzylidene malonitrile (CS) in V79 Chinese hamster cells
M. Bauchinger and E. Schmid (Germany) 231
Mutagenicity of methyl methanesulfonate and cyclophosphamide in resting and growing Saccharomyces cerevisiae D7
cells
M. Monaco, R. Dominici, P. Barisano, G. Di Palermo, A. Galli and G. Bronzetti (Italy) 235
Decreased electrophilicity of chemicals carcinogenic only at the maximum tolerated dose
H.S. Rosenkranz and G. Klopman (USA) 241
UV resistance of E. coli K-12 deficient in cAMP/CRP regulation
M.-F. Puyo, P. Calsou and B. Salles (France) 247
Inhibition of sulfotransferase affecting unscheduled DNA synthesis induced by 2-acetylaminofluorene: An in vivo and
in vitro comparison
D.K. Monteith (USA) 253
Chromosomal analysis of Chinese hamster V79 cells exposed to multiple y-ray fractions: induction of adaptive
response to mitomycin C
M. Osmak and D. Horvat (Croatia) 259
X-Rays, microwaves and vinyl chloride monomer: their clastogenic and aneugenic activity, using the micronucleus
assay on human lymphocytes
A. Fuéi¢é, V. Garaj-Vrhovac, M. Skara and B. Dimitrovié (Croatia)
Purified prostaglandin synthase activates aromatic amines to derivatives that are mutagenic to Salmonella ty-
phimurium
F.H. Sarkar, G. Radcliff and D.M. Callewaert (USA)
Are mitotic index and lymphocyte proliferation kinetics reproducible endpoints in genetic toxicology testing?
E. Rojas, R. Montero, L.A. Herrera, M. Sordo, M.E. Gonsebatt, R. Rodriguez and P. Ostrosky-Wegman (Mexico)
Corrigendum
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