Genotoxicity and mutagenicity of water contaminated with tannery effluents as evaluated by the micronucleus test and comet assay using the fish Oreochromis niloticus and chromosome aberrations in onion root-tips

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 148-158

  Matsumoto, Silvia Tamie ^a   Mantovani, Mário Sérgio ^b   Malaguttii, Mirtis Irene Ariza ^c   Dias, Ana Lúcia ^b   Fonseca, Inês Cristina ^b   Marin Morales, Maria Aparecida ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Chromium; Chromosomes aberrations; Comet assay; Micronucleus; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL ASSAY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; METAPHASE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ONION; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PLANT ROOT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALLIUM CEPA; ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 33645018958     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572006000100028     Document Type: Article

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