| Abstract: | A comparison was made between the results of the effect of poly(ADP-ribosylation) inhibitors (e.g. nicotinamide and 3-aminobenzamide) and a chromatin proteinase inhibitor, phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride, on the cytogenetic damages repair, by a micronucleus test and DNA repair in Chinese hamster fibroblasts. The values of the repair half-periods (5-7 min for the cytogenetic damages and 5 min for the rapidly repaired DNA damages) and a similar modifying effect with regard to radiation cytogenetic damages and kinetics of DNA damages repair were found to be close. This confirms the contribution of repair of DNA single-strand breaks in the initiation of structural damages to chromosomes. |
