Mutagens

... cells I do not know. I'd guess the rate of mutation is dependent on the given cell's exposure to environmental agents, metabolic stress, mutagens or such other outside factors. Furthermore, what genes are active in the cell determines the effects of the mutations: a (specialised?) cell ...

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... mitosis, and replication. Exposure to physical or chemical insults from the environment (e.g. short-wave UV irradiation, exposure to intercalating mutagens, etc.) and some biological insults, such as infection by papillomavirus, may either independently cause mutations or increase the probability ...

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... kinds of things. The base is derivatized at one or another postion depending on the nucleotide. Sometimes halogenated nucleotides are used as mutagens or as a density label (bromo-deoxy uridine, for example) People who like to do crystal structures of nucleic acids, either of oligonucleotides ...

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... that physically bind DNA and protect it from U.V. light or R.O.S.s in the genome proper, sorry. Rather, I think the way the cell deals with these mutagens is to try to correct DNA damage after the fact. The reason for this is that proteins can be damaged by U.V. light and R.O.S.s, too, so it is ...

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what is the biological pathway of an ordinary cell in becoming to a carcinogenic one by some mutagen?is it possible to deactivate the potential mutagens by chemical means?can present nano bio technology be effectively used in this regard?can we pre assume what are the cell potential candidate ...

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