Evaluation of the genotoxic effects of the boron neutron capture reaction in human melanoma cells using the cytokinesis block micronucleus assay

Mutagenesis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 369-375

  Oliveira, N G ^a,b   Castro, M ^b   Rodrigues, A S ^a,c   Goncalves I C ^d   Cassapo, R ^a   Fernandes, A P ^d   Chaveca, T ^a,b   Toscano Rico, J M ^b   Rueff, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; LITHIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOKINESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG STRUCTURE; EVALUATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMPHOCYTE; MEASUREMENT; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034821293     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/16.5.369     Document Type: Article

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