Cadmium induces DNA damage in tobacco roots, but no DNA damage, somatic mutations or homologous recombination in tobacco leaves

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 559, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Gichner, Tomáš ^a   Patková, Zdeňka ^a   Száková, Jiřina ^b   Demnerová, Kateřina ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase; Cadmium chloride; Cd2+; Chlorophyll mutations; Comet assay; EMS; Ethyl methanesulphonate; Nicotiana tabacum; Reactive oxygen species; ROS; SCGE; Single cell gel electrophoresis; Tail moment; TM

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CATALASE DEFICIENCY; CELL NUCLEUS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; SOMATIC MUTATION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

CADMIUM; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VALERIANA EDULIS;

EID: 1842579648     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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