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InTradescantia, clone 4430, diethyldithiocarbamate (DEDTC) markedly decreased the frequency of somatic mutations induced by maleic hydrazide (MH) and N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA). In contrast, DEDTC had no such effect on N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mutagenesis. The putative degradation and conversion products of MH (maleic acid diamide, succinic acid, maleic acid, lactic acid and hydrazine) exhibited no mutagenic activity in theTradescantia mutagenicity assay.
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Gichner, T., Velemínský, J. & Rieger, R. Antimutagenic effects of diethyldithiocarbamate towards maleic hydrazide- and N-nitrosodiethylamine-induced mutagenicity in theTradescantia mutagenicity assay. Biol Plant 30, 14–19 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876417
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