Improved single-cell gel electrophoresis assay for detecting DNA damage in Eisenia foetida

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-252

  Di Marzio, Walter D ^a,b   Saenz, María E ^a   Lemière, Sebastien ^c   Vasseur, Paule ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Comet assay; Eisenia foetida; Genotoxicity; Hydrogen peroxide; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; DNA; GUAIACOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL TYPE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; GENOTOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; OLIGOCHAETA; TIME FACTORS;

EISENIA FETIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 30844449195     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20153     Document Type: Article

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