Flow cytometric enumeration of micronucleated reticulocytes: High transferability among 14 laboratories

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-68

  Torous, Dorothea K ^a   Hall, Nikki E ^a   Dertinger, Stephen D ^a   Diehl, Marilyn S ^b   Illi Love, Anne H ^b   Cederbrant, Karin ^c   Sandelin, Kerstin ^c   Bolcsfoldi, George ^c   Ferguson, Lynnette R ^d   Pearson, Amira ^d   Majeska, Jenness B ^e   Tarca, James P ^e   Hewish, Dean R ^f   Doughty, Larissa ^f   Fenech, Michael ^f   Weaver, James L ^g   Broud, Dennis D ^g   Gatehouse, David G ^h   Hynes, Geoffrey M ^h   Kwanyuen, Puntipa ⁱ   McLean, Jack ^j   McNamee, James P ^j   Parenteau, Monique ^j   Van Hoof, Veerle ^k   Vanparys, Philippe ^k   Lenarczyk, Marek ^l   Siennicka, Joanna ^l   Litwinska, Bogumila ^l   Slowikowska, Maria G ^l   Harbach, Philip R ^m   Johnson, Carol W ^m   Zhao, Shuou ^m   Aaron, Charles S ^m   Lynch, Anthony M ^h   Marshall, Ian C ^h   Rodgers, Brenda ⁿ   Tometsko, Carol R ^a   more..

^a LITRON LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d Cancer Society Auckland Division   (New Zealand)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^h GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^j HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^k JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

^m PFIZER INC   (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Genotoxicity; Interlaboratory; Micronucleus test; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; GENOTOXICITY; MALARIA; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETICULOCYTE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034889222     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.1051     Document Type: Article

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