Euglena gracilis as an eukaryotic test organism for detecting mutagens and antimutagens

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 393, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-6

  Foltínová, Pavlina ^a   Grones, Jozef ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aminobenzoic acid; Antimutagenicity; Euglena gracilis; Mutagenicity; Salicylate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MUTAGENIC AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0342378220     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(96)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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