Selecting chemicals and assays for assessing mammalian germ cell mutagenicity

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 352, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Shelby, Michael D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominant lethal test; Genetic risk; Heritable translocation test; Mutagen; Specific locus test; Test scheme

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; DOMINANT LETHAL MUTANT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GERM CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029982323     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00222-7     Document Type: Article

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