Development of a microtiter plate version of the yeast DEL assay amenable to high-throughput toxicity screening of chemical libraries

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 634, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 228-234

  Hontzeas, Nikos ^a   Hafer, Kurt ^a   Schiestl, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DEL assay; High throughput; MTS

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZENE; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARCINOGEN; CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHROMIUM; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MITOMYCIN C;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PLATE BASED DELETION ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 35448997212     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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