The distribution of the tail moments in single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) obeys a chi-square (χ2) not a gaussian distribution

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 101-110

  Bauer, Eckhard ^a   Recknagel, Rolf Dieter ^a   Fiedler, Ursula ^a   Wollweber, Leo ^a   Bock, Claudia ^a   Greulich, Karl Otto ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chi square distribution; Comet assay; Mathematical statistics; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MAMMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032574303     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00246-7     Document Type: Article

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