Computer-aided analysis of mutagenicity and cell transformation data for assessing their relationship with carcinogenicity

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 226-239

  Taningher, Maurizio ^a   Malacarne, Davide ^a   Perrotta, Alessandra ^a   Parodi, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity predictions; Molecular connectivity; SAR analysis; Short term tests

Indexed keywords

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MUTAGENICITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

RODENTIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0032909556     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1999)33:3<226::AID-EM7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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