Influence of culture time on the frequency and contents of human lymphocyte micronuclei with and without cytochalasin B

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-79

  Falck, G ^a   Catalan J ^a,b   Norppa, H ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centromere; Culture time; Cytochalasin B; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Human lymphocyte; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTROMERE; CYTOCHALASIN B; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030852795     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1218(97)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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