Chemical structure and genotoxicity: Studies of the SOS chromotest

Mutation Research - Reviews in Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 340, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 81-91

  Mersch Sundermann, Volker ^a   Klopman, Gilles ^b   Rosenkranz, Herbert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

MULTICASE program; Salmonella assay; SOS chromotest; Structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG DNA BINDING; GENOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

SALMONELLA;

EID: 0029313606     PISSN: 01651110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1110(96)90041-x     Document Type: Article

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