Evaluation of cytochrome P-450 concentration in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains
Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been widely used in mutagenicity tests due to the presence of a cytochrome P-450 system, capable of metabolizing promutagens to active mutagens. There are a large number of S. cerevisiae strains with varying abilities to produce cytochrome P-450. However, strain selectio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2010-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000300011 |