Abstract
Summary
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons conjugated with cysteine are analogues of natural amino acids and inhibit the growth of P. cerevisiae. The inhibitory effects observed were partially reversed by amino acids previously shown to be competitive with the analogues in a rat liver system but with less specificity.
The inhibition of growth of E. coli and its mutants was limited to only one analogue, p-chlorophenylcysteine.
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