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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
A coplanar polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) when eaten by test animals increased the rate of recombination in somatic cells, indicating a new mechanism of action for these compounds. Using the eye-mosaic test a high bioactivation strain of Drosophila that consumed 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl (4,4'-DCB) manifested a genotoxicity rate that was three-fold greater than that in animals fed the solvent-spiked medium. This compound was not genotoxic in a suppressed bioactivation strain indicating that genotoxicity requires bioactivation of the compound. High bioactivation test strains made heterozygous for a paracentric inversion, a chromosomal rearrangement that suppresses homologous recombination, exhibited significantly reduced genotoxicity after treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0027-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
342
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Genotoxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): recombinogenesis by biotransformation products.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't