Experientia

, Volume 36, Issue 3, pp 346–347 | Cite as

Enhancement by caffeine of the frequency of anaphase-telophase chromatin bridges induced by triethylenemelamine (TEM)

  • F. N. Dulout
  • M. L. Larramendy
  • O. A. Olivero
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Summary

Treatment of BHK cells for 8 h with triethylenemelamine (TEM) followed by caffeine for 4 or 8 h, increased the frequency of anaphase-telophase chromatin bridges in relation to controls and TEM-treated cells. These results indicate that TEM-induced chromosome lesions detected as chromatin bridges at anaphase-telophase could be potentiated by caffeine.

Keywords

Caffeine Chromatin Bridge Chromosome Lesion Triethylenemelamine 
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© Birkhäuser Verlag 1980

Authors and Affiliations

  • F. N. Dulout
    • 1
  • M. L. Larramendy
    • 1
  • O. A. Olivero
    • 1
  1. 1.Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología CelularLa Plata(Argentina)

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