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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Main Authors: Míriam Cristina Sakuragui Matuo, Irene Satiko Kikuchi, Terezinha de Jesus Andreoli Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2010-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502010000300011