Induction and repair of DNA damage as measured by the Comet assay and the yield of somatic mutations in gamma-irradiated tobacco seedlings

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 491, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 17-23

  Ptáček, Ondrej ^a   Stavreva, Diana A ^a   Kim, Jin Kyu ^b   Gichner, Tomáš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll mutations; Gamma radiation; Leaf cell nuclei; Nicotiana tabacum var. xanthi; Root cell nuclei; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE RESPONSE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC MUTATION; TOBACCO;

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GAMMA RAYS; MUTATION; PLANTS, TOXIC; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0035810260     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(00)00146-7     Document Type: Article

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