Statistics of the Comet assay: A key to discriminate between genotoxic effects

Mutagenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-166

  Duez, P ^a   Dehon, G ^a   Kumps, A ^a   Dubois, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CHEMICAL AGENT; PORPHYRIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTOXICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPHOMA CELL LINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; LIGHT; LINEAR MODELS; MICE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORPHYRINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0037342116     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/18.2.159     Document Type: Article

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