The in vitro micronucleus test: A multi-endpoint assay to detect simultaneously mitotic delay, apoptosis, chromosome breakage, chromosome loss and non-disjunction

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 19-30

  Kirsch Volders, Micheline ^a   Elhajouji, Azeddine ^a   Cundari, Enrico ^a   Van Hummelen, Paul ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM; CLASTOGEN; COLCHICINE; MEBENDAZOLE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NOCODAZOLE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA CONTENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

APOPTOSIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MITOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030805031     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1218(97)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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