Detection of specific DNA lesions by a combination of comet assay and FISH in plants

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-138

  Menke, Merten ^a   Angelis, Karel J ^b   Schubert, Ingo ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chromasomal damains; Comet assay; Endonucleases; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Single double strand breaks; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TELOMERE;

DNA, PLANT; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0034100979     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(2000)35:2<132::AID-EM8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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