Organ Variation in the Mutagenicity of Ethylnitrosourea in Muta™ Mouse: Results of the Collaborative Study on the Transgenic Mutation Assay by JEMS/MMS

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-375

  Suzuki, Takayoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethylnitrosourea; lacZ; Organ specificity; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2342531228     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1996)28:4<363::aid-em10>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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