Evaluation of the genotoxic properties of paraquat in V79 Chinese hamster cells

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 412, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Speit, Günter ^a   Haupter, Sabine ^a   Hartmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration; Comet assay (single cell gel test); Cytotoxicity; HPRT mutation; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

PARAQUAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HERBICIDES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; PARAQUAT;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0032579170     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(97)00199-X     Document Type: Article

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