DIETHYLSTILBESTROL INDUCES NEOPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION WITHOUT MEASURABLE GENE MUTATION AT 2 LOCI

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BARRETT, JC
WONG, A
MCLACHLAN, JA
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[1] NIEHS, PULM FUNCT & TOXICOL LAB, ENVIRONM CARCINOGENESIS GRP, RES TRIANGLE PK, NC 27709 USA
[2] NIEHS, REPROD & DEV TOXICOL LAB, TRANSPLACENTAL TOXICOL GRP, RES TRIANGLE PK, NC 27709 USA
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10.1126/science.6262919
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The frequency with which diethylstilbestrol induces neoplastic transformation and somatic mutation was measured concomitantly in Syrian hamster embryo cells. While diethylstilbestrol was as active as benzo[a]pyrene in inducing transformation, it failed to induce mutations at 2 conventionally studied loci. Diethylstilbestrol may transform cells in the absence of gene mutations.
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