Cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1084-1104

  Fenech, Michael ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANCER RISK; CELL ASSAY; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DEATH; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOKINESIS BLOCK MICRONUCLEUS CYTOME ASSAY; CYTOSTASIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICRONUCLEUS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIGENOMICS; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TELOMERE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS;

EID: 34250187067     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.77     Document Type: Article

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