Improvement of the Spi- assay for mutations in gpt delta mice by including magnesium ions during plaque formation

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 370-372

  Shibata, A ^a,b   Masutani, M ^a   Nozaki, T ^a   Kamada, N ^c   Fujihara, H ^a   Masumura, K ^d   Nakagama, H ^a   Sugimura, T ^a   Kobayashi, S ^b   Suzuki, H ^c   Nohmi, T ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deletion; gpt delta; Magnesium ion; Spi ; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEINS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0038311904     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.10159     Document Type: Article

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