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Aging, Carcinogenesis, and Radiation Biology

The Role of Nucleic Acid Addition Reactions

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  1. Kendric C. Smith

    1. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Natural Nucleic Acid-Protein Adducts

    1. Attachment of Chromosomes to Membranes in Bacteria and Animal Cells

      • Moselio Schaechter
      Pages 1-10

    2. Linkers in Mammalian Chromosomal DNA

      • John T. Lett
      Pages 11-32

    3. Amino Acids Bound to DNA

      • M. Earl Balis
      Pages 33-52

    4. Gene Regulation: Selective Control of DNA Helix Openings

      • John H. Frenster
      Pages 53-66

  3. Experimentally-Induced Nucleic Acid Adducts

    1. Radiation-Induced Cross-Linking of DNA and Protein in Bacteria

      • Kendric C. Smith
      Pages 67-81

    2. UV-Induced DNA to Protein Cross-Linking in Mammalian Cells

      • Paul Todd, Antun Han
      Pages 83-104

    3. Role of Protein in the Inactivation of Viruses by Ultraviolet Radiation

      • Milton P. Gordon
      Pages 105-122

    4. In Vitro Studies of Photochemically Cross-Linked Protein-Nucleic Acid Complexes. Determination of Cross-Linked Regions and Structural Relationships in Specific Complexes

      • Paul R. Schimmel, Gerald P. Budzik, Stella S. M. Lam, Hubert J. P. Schoemaker
      Pages 123-148

    5. Photosensitized Cross-Linking of Proteins to Nucleic Acids

      • Claude Hélène
      Pages 149-163

    6. Ionizing Radiation-Induced DNA-Protein Cross-Linking

      • Osamu Yamamoto
      Pages 165-192

    7. Chemically-Induced DNA-Protein Cross-Links

      • John O. Thomas
      Pages 193-205

    8. Photochemical Addition of Amino Acids and Related Compounds to Nucleic Acid Constituents

      • Alummutil J. Varghese
      Pages 207-223

    9. Addition of Amino Acids and Related Substances to Nucleic Acids by Nucleophilic Catalysis

      • Robert Shapiro
      Pages 225-242

    10. Photochemically-Induced Adducts of DNA

      • Dov Elad
      Pages 243-260

    11. Ionizing Radiation-Induced Attachment Reactions of Nucleic Acids and Their Components

      • Lawrence S. Myers Jr.
      Pages 261-286

    12. Repair of DNA Adducts Produced by Alkylation

      • Bernard S. Strauss
      Pages 287-314

    13. Photoaffinity Labeling of Proteins and More Complex Receptors

      • Barry S. Cooperman
      Pages 315-340

  4. Relevance of DNA Adducts to Cancer Biology

    1. Chemically and Metabolically Induced DNA Adducts: Relationship to Chemical Carcinogenesis

      • Charles Heidelberger
      Pages 341-371

    2. Involvement of Radicals in Chemical Carcinogenesis

      • Paul O. P. Ts’o, James C. Barrett, William J. Caspary, Stephen A. Lesko, Ronald J. Lorentzen, Leonard M. Schechtman
      Pages 373-398
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The covalent attachment to deoxyribonucleic acid in vivo of a large number of different types of chemical compounds (both normal cellular constituents such as proteins and amino acids, and also exogenous compounds such as drugs, carcinogens, etc. ) have been shown to exert profound effects upon cells. Four research activi­ ties, formerly considered to be totally independent, relate to this problem of nucleic acid adducts--(1) normal covalent attachment of DNA to membranes, protein linkers in chromosomes, etc. ; (2) the roles of radiation and chemical enhancement of DNA adduct formation in cell killing and mutagenesis. (A related field is the use of known cross-linking reactions to gain information on structural associations in macromolecular complexes. ); (3) the relevance of DNA adducts to chemical and radiation carcinogenesis; (4) the rele­ vance of DNA adducts to the cross-linking theory of cellular aging. (1) There are numerous examples of normal linkages between DNA and protein, e. g. , DNA-membrane attachment sites, protein linkers in chromosomes, amino acids covalently linked to DNA as a function of growth conditions, and gene regulation by non-covalently bound proteins. A summary of data on natural adducts to DNA thus serves to introduce the subject of the radiation and chemical enhancement of DNA adduct formation. (2) In the past, radiation biology has been concerned mainly with trying to understand the radiation chemistry of purified DNA, and the biological effects and repair of these radiation-induced alterations when produced in cellular DNA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Kendric C. Smith

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aging, Carcinogenesis, and Radiation Biology

  • Book Subtitle: The Role of Nucleic Acid Addition Reactions

  • Editors: Kendric C. Smith

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1662-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-1664-1Published: 09 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-1662-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 561

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oncology

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