Modification of the Comet assay for the detection of DNA strand breaks in extremely small tissue samples

Mutagenesis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-438

  Tebbs, Robert S ^a   Cleaver, James E ^a   Pedersen, Roger A ^b   Hartmann, Andreas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EGG; EMBRYO; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EMBRYO; MICE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032766083     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/14.4.437     Document Type: Article

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