Moulé Y, Moreau S, Aujard C
Mutat Res. 1980 Jan;77(1):79-89. doi: 10.1016/0165-1218(80)90123-8.
PR toxin, a mycotoxin from Penicillium roqueforti, induces DNA--protein cross-links in chromatin of both cultured cells and isolated rat-liver nuclei. The presence of the aldehyde group in the PRT molecule is required for the induction of cross-linking; methylene bridges between nucleic acid and protein are presumably involved in the complex formation. The role of other functional groups of PR toxin is discussed.
