Mutagenesis by Photoactivation of Chlorpromazine, a Tranquilizer of the Phenothiazine Group
Open Access
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
- Vol. 27 (2) , 231-234
- https://doi.org/10.1071/bi9740231
Abstract
The tranquilizer chlorpromazine, in combination with visible light or near-u.v. radiation, can cause base-pair substitution mutations and frameshift mutations in Salmonella typhimurium. The mutagenic damage is subject to repair by the bacterial excision~repair system.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: