Comparative study with the alkaline Comet assay and the chromosome aberration test

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 536, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Hartmann, Andreas ^a   Plappert, Ulla ^b   Poetter, Franziska ^b   Suter, Willi ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b Genetic Toxicol/Funct Validation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromosome aberration test; Comet assay; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Validation; Viability

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CHO CELL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0037457505     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(03)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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