Genotoxic evaluation of sodium nitroprusside in Aspergillus nidulans

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 798-803

  Ruggeri Chiuchetta, Simone Jurema ^a   de Castro Prado, Marialba Avezum Alves ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conidiation; Homozygotization index; Mitotic recombination; Nitric oxide; Parasexual cycle

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; RECESSIVE GENE;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

EID: 31444448632     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572005000500023     Document Type: Article

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