Genotoxic activity of different chromium compounds in larval cells of Drosophila melanogaster, as measured in the wing spot test

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-51

  Amrani, S ^a   Rizki, M ^a   Creus, A ^a   Marcos, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromium compounds; Drosophila; Genotoxicity; Mitotic recombination; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTOXICITY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; WING;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032823450     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1999)34:1<47::AID-EM7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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