Repair of X-ray induced DNA damage measured by the comet assay in roots of Vicia faba

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-285

  Koppen, Gudrun ^a   Angelis, Karel Jan ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

3 aminobenzamide; Aphidicolin; Electrophoretic conditions; Repair kinetics

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOBENZAMIDE; APHIDICOLIN;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; VICIA FABA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0031743486     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1998)32:3<281::aid-em11>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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