1. Generalisations referring to work before 1983 are not referenced as there are many reviews in this area including: R. B. Martin and Y. H. Mariam in H. Sigel (Ed.),Metal Ions in Biological Systems 8, 57 (1979);
2. M. J. Cleare and P. C. Hydes,loc. cit., 11, 1 (1980);
3. M. E. Howe-Grant and S. J. Lippard,loc. cit., 11, 63 (1980);
4. B. Rosenberg,toc. cit., 11, 127 (198); J. J. Roberts and A. J. Thompson,Progr. Nucleic Acid Res., 22, 71 (1979);
5. A. W. Prestayko, S. T. Crooke and S. K. Carters, (Eds.)Cis-platin: Current Status of New Developments, Academic Press, New York, 1980.