A new sensitive test based on yeast cells for studying environmental pollution

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-52

  Terziyska, A ^a   Waltschewa, L ^a   Venkov, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Yeast mutagenicity test

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

BIOASSAY; CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENICITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; YEAST;

AIR SAMPLING; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SAMPLE; SOIL; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST CELL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034104840     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00237-7     Document Type: Article

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