A fast comet assay variant for solid tissue cells. The assessment of DNA damage in higher plants

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 389, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 271-277

  Navarrete, Matilde H ^a,b   Carrera, Pilar ^a   De Miguel, Marta ^a   Consuelo De La Torre, ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comet assay in higher plant cell; DNA damage; Fast comet assay; Ionizing radiation; Single cell electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA RADIATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGHER PLANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030997488     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(96)00157-X     Document Type: Article

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