Activity of iPMS and nPMS in mouse bone marrow micronucleus assays: Comparison with mouse dominant lethal assay data

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 349, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Adler, I D ^a   Tinwell, H ^b   Kliesch, U ^a   Ashby, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Isopropyl methanesulfonate; n Propyl methanesulfonate

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESYLIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; MESYLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT LETHAL MUTANT; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030022728     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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