Linking teratogenesis, growth, and dna photodamage to artificial ultraviolet b radiation in Xenopus laevis larvae

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2114-2121

  Bruggeman, Douglas J ^a   Bantle, John A ^a   Goad, Carla ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; DNA damage; Frog embryo teratogenesis assay Xenopus; Ultraviolet B effects

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE DIMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TADPOLE; TERATOGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031706438     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<2114:LTGADP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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