Flow cytometric analysis of micronuclei in cell cultures and human lymphocytes: Advantages and disadvantages

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 392, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Nüsse, Michael ^a   Marx, Kristin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automation of micronucleus assay; Flow cytometry; Micronucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN V 79; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOMA CELL; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TECHNIQUE;

APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342506455     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1218(97)00049-9     Document Type: Article

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