Measurements of DNA damage on silver stained comets using free Internet software

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 627, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-190

  Garcia, Omar ^a   Romero, Ivonne ^b   González, Jorge E ^a   Mandina, Tania ^a  

^a Centro de Proteccion e Higiene de las Radiaciones Havana   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA in tail; Free Internet software; Silver staining

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNET; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; INTERNET; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER STAINING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33846245594     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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