Exposure of marine mammals to genotoxic environmental contaminants: Application of the 32P-postlabeling assay for measuring DNA-xenobiotic adducts

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-239

  Reichert, William L ^a   French, Barbara L ^a   Stein, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; DNA adducts; Marine mammals; PAHs; Polycyclic aromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCES; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

GENOTOXIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; MARINE MAMMALS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; POSTLABELING ASSAY; XENOBIOTIC ADDUCTS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

DNA BASE; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHORUS 32; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

MARINE MAMMAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICOLOGY; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA STRUCTURE; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PORPOISE; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033152758     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005991116993     Document Type: Article

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