Metals as mutagens
Flessel, C.P.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 91: 117-128
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-2598 PMID: 415523 Document Number: 120350
A number of metals are mutagenic in bacteria or phage. These include compounds of arsenic, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, platinum, and selenium. Compounds containing alumium, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, and tellium have been shown to induce chromosomal aberrations or abnormal cell divisions in animal or plant cells. Genetic evidence suggests that arsenic, chromium, and molybdenum compounds may influence the accuracy of DNA repair processes in microorganisms.