Comparison of DNA damage in plants as measured by single cell gel electrophoresis and somatic leaf mutations induced by monofunctional alkylating agents

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-286

  Gichner, Tomáš ^a   Ptáček, Ondřej ^a   Stavreva, Diana A ^a   Plewa, Michael J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Ethyl methanesulfonate; Leaf cell nuclei; Methyl methanesulfonate; N ethyl N nitrosourea; N methyl N nitrosourea; Root cell nuclei; SCGE optimization of conditions

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA DAMAGE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0345211475     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1999)33:4<279::AID-EM4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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