mutagens in English

noun
1
an agent, such as radiation or a chemical substance, that causes genetic mutation.
Among the mutagens that have been used to induce mutations, chemical mutagens administered in various ways have become especially popular.

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1. Carcinogens are also often, but not necessarily, mutagens or teratogens

2. Carcinogens are also often, but not necessarily, mutagens or …

3. Ra's wanted me to splice animal DNA to human... Using advanced mutagens.

4. 15 This is a worthwhile approach, though one should bear in mind that different mutagens give qualitatively different kinds of mutation.

5. Carcinogens that act as mutagens may be biological, physical, or chemical in nature, although the term is most often used in relation to chemical substances

6. ‘Chemical mutagens are classified as alkylating agents, cross-linking agents, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).’ ‘Two men discovered that in the presence of Lewis acids (such as aluminum chloride or ferric chloride), alkyl halides will Alkylate benzenes.’

7. ‘Chemical mutagens are classified as alkylating agents, cross-linking agents, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).’ ‘Two men discovered that in the presence of Lewis acids (such as aluminum chloride or ferric chloride), alkyl halides will Alkylate benzenes.’

8. The method of production involves reducing the biomass feedstocks to sugars, fermenting the sugars using microorganisms or mutagens thereof to produce ethanol or acetic acid, converting the acetic acid to acetone, and converting the acetone to mesitylene and isopentane, the major components of the renewable engine fuel.

9. If a worker is found to be suffering from an abnormality which is suspected to be the result of exposure to carcinogens or mutagens, the doctor or authority responsible for the health surveillance of workers may require other workers who have been similarly exposed to undergo health surveillance.

10. The method of production involves reducing the biomass feedstocks to sugars, fermenting the sugars using microorganisms or mutagens thereof to produce ethanol or acetic acid, converting the acetic acid or ethanol to acetone, and converting the acetone to mesitylene and isopentane, the major components of the renewable engine fuel.