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Chemical and Biological Characterization of Newly Discovered Iodoacid Drinking Water Disinfection Byproducts by Plewa, Michael J, Wagner, Elizabeth D, Richardson, Susan D, Thruston, Alfred D, Woo, Yin-Tak, McKague, A. Bruce

“…Iodoacid drinking water disinfection byproducts (DBPs) were recently uncovered in drinking water samples from source water with a high bromide/iodide…”
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Activation of chemicals [s-triazine herbicides] into mutagens by green plants: a preliminary discussion by Plewa, M.J

“…This paper is a review of recent studies that demonstrate the activation of chemicals (especially pesticides) into mutagens by green plants. Such activation of…”
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Cytotoxicity of organophosphorus ester (OP) insecticides and cytotoxic synergism of 2-acetoxyacetylaminofluorene (2AAAF) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells by Wagner, E.D, McMillan, S.M, Plewa, M.J

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Activation of Promutagens by Green Plants by Plewa, M J, Wagner, E D

“…An overview of research on the activation of promutagens by green plants is presented. The plant biochemical pathways that may participate in the metabolism of…”
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Monosomic analysis of fatty aid composition in embryo lipids of Zea mays L. [maize] by Plewa, M.J, Weber, D.F

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Induction of somatic DNA damage as measured by single cell gel electrophoresis and point mutation in leaves of tobacco plants by Gichner, T, Plewa, M J

“…The induction and measurement of DNA damage in nuclei of plant tissues is a new area of study with the alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis/comet assay…”
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Differential responses of N-nitrosoamines and aromatic amines in the plant cell/microbe coincubation assay by Gichner, T. (Akademie Ved Ceske Republiky, Prague (Czech Republic). Ustav Experimentalni Botaniky), Wagner, E.D, Plewa, M.J

“…The plant cell/microbe coincubation assay is based on employing living tobacco cells in suspension culture as the activating system for promutagens and the…”
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The biochemical mechanisms of the plant activation of promutagenic aromatic amines by Wagner, E D, Verdier, M M, Plewa, M J

“…Using specific monooxygenase and oxidase inhibitors in a plant cell/microbe coincubation assay, the biochemical mechanisms of the plant activation of two…”
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Activation of 2-aminofluorene by cultured plant cells [Plant activation, promutagen, mutagens] by Plewa, M.J, Weaver, D.L, Blair, L.C, Gentile, J.M

“…Cultured tobacco plant cells activated 2-aminofluorene to an agent muragenic to Salmonella typhimurium strain TA98. The plant activation of 2-aminofluorene is…”
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Mutation spectrum of spontaneous frameshift revertants in yeast using double-strand gap repair by Plewa, M J, Kalinowski, D P, Larimer, F W

“…A mutation spectrum was constructed from a series of randomly isolated spontaneous His+ revertants of the frameshift mutant his4-38 in Saccharomyces…”
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Multitechnique screening of Chicago municipal sewage sludge for mutagenic activity by Hopke, Philip K, Plewa, Michael J, Johnston, James B, Weaver, Danny, Wood, Susanne G, Larson, Richard A, Hinesly, Thomas

“…Anaerobically digested sludge was subjected to a multi-organism screening procedure to determine whether mutagenic compounds are present in sludge and…”
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Promutagen activation as a function of growth curve dynamics in the plant cell/microbe coincubation assay by Gentile, J M, Pluymers, D, Plewa, M J

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Use of four short-term tests to evaluate the mutagenicity of municipal water by DeMarini, D M, Plewa, M J, Brockman, H E

“…Some ways in which four short-term tests may be used to evaluate the mutagenicity of drinking water were explored by testing raw and treated water from Lake…”
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Inhibitory effects of acetaminophen, 7,8-benzoflavone and methimazole towards N-nitrosodimethylamine mutagenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by Gichner, T, Velemínský, J, Wagner, E D, Plewa, M J

“…The metabolic inhibitors acetaminophen, 7,8-benzoflavone, and methimazole significantly reduced the mutagenicity of the promutagen N-nitrosodimethylamine in…”
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Induction of micronuclei in maize root-tip cells and a correlation with forward mutation at the yg2 locus by Wagner, E D, Plewa, M J

“…A standard protocol for a micronucleus assay in root tips of Zea mays was developed and calibrated using 137Cs gamma radiation, ethylmethanesulfonate (EMS),…”
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Induction of forward mutation at the yg2 locus in maize by ethylnitrosourea by Schy, W E, Plewa, M J

“…We analyzed the kinetics of mutation induction at the yg2 locus in Zea mays by N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU). ENU concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 10.7 mM and a…”
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