A comparison of enzyme activity mutation frequencies in germ cells of mice (Mus musculus) and golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) after exposure to 2 + 2 Gy γ-irradiation

Mutagenesis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Pretsch, Walter ^a   Neuhäuser Klaus, Angelika ^a   Favor, Jack ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GAMETE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GERM CELL; HAMSTER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ERYTHROCYTES; FATHERS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GERM CELLS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0343415556     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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