Detection of DNA damage and identification of UV-induced photoproducts using the CometAssay(TM) kit

BioTechniques

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 846-851

  Lemay, Mélanie ^a   Wood, Katherine A ^a  

^a TREVIGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032837673     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99274pf01     Document Type: Article

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