Fourth International Workgroup on Genotoxicity testing: Results of the in vivo Comet assay workgroup

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-35

  Burlinson, Brian ^a   Tice, Raymond R ^b   Speit, Günter ^c   Agurell, Eva ^d   Brendler Schwaab, Susanne Y ^e   Collins, Andrew R ^f   Escobar, Patricia ^g   Honma, Masamitsu ^h   Kumaravel, Tirukalikundram S ⁱ   Nakajima, Madoka ^j   Sasaki, Yu F ^k   Thybaud, Veronique ^l   Uno, Yoshifumi ^m   Vasquez, Marie ⁿ   Hartmann, Andreas ^o  

^a HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g BioReliance   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

ⁱ UK   (United Kingdom)

^j Biosafety Research Center   (Japan)

^k HACHINOHE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^l SANOFI   (France)

^m MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

ⁿ Helix3 Inc   (United States)

^o NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Alkaline electrophoresis; Comet assay; DNA damage; Genotoxicity; Single cell gel assay

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; EXPERT SYSTEM; GENOTOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; COMET ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RODENTIA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33846262844     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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