L-Arabinose Resistance Test with Salmonella typhimurium as a Primary Tool for Carcinogen Screening

Cancer Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 907-912

  Dorado, Gabriel ^a   Pueyo, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ARABINOSE; CARCINOGENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023907028     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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