A new method for estimating high mutation rates in cultured cells

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-116

  Lin, M ^a   Chang, C J ^a   Green, N S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuation analysis; Immunoglobulin; Mutation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MODEL; MOUSE; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; LURIA;

EID: 0030007835     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00209-X     Document Type: Article

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