Stephen A. Lesko

Role of superoxide in deoxyribonucleic acid strand scission

Stephen A. Lesko, Ronald J. Lorentzen, Paul O. P. Ts’o · Biochemistry · 1980 · 277 citations

Molecular Sciences, Bioorganic Chemistry, Nucleic Acid Chemistry +15

Autoxidation of 6-hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene and 6-oxobenzo[a]pyrene radical, reactive metabolites of benzo[a]pyrene

Ronald J. Lorentzen, William J. Caspary, Stephen A. Lesko et al. · Biochemistry · 1975 · 143 citations

Reactive Metabolites, Biochemistry, Medicine +13

Enzymic formation of 6-oxobenzo[a]pyrene radical in rat liver homogenates from carcinogenic benzo[a]pyrene

Stephen A. Lesko, William J. Caspary, Ronald J. Lorentzen et al. · Biochemistry · 1975 · 129 citations

Enzymic Formation, Carcinogenic Benzo, Biochemistry +15

Toxicity of metabolic benzo(a)pyrenediones to cultured cells and the dependence upon molecular oxygen.

Ronald J. Lorentzen, Stephen A. Lesko, Kathleen A. McDonald et al. · PubMed · 1979 · 64 citations

Carcinogenic Benzo, Molecular Oxygen, Secondary Metabolite +16

Interaction of nucleic acids. IV. Physical binding of 3,4-benzopyrene to nucleosides, nucleotides, nucleic acids, and nucleoprotein

Stephen A. Lesko, Allan E. Smith, Paul O. P. Ts’o et al. · Biochemistry · 1968 · 61 citations

Engineering, Biological Mass Spectrometry, Molecular Biology +17