The effects of hydrostatic pressure change on DNA integrity in the hydrothermal-vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus: Implications for future deep-sea mutagenicity studies

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 552, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 235-246

  Dixon, David R ^a   Pruski, Audrey M ^b   Dixon, Linda R J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agarose gel electrophoresis assay; Bathymodiolus azoricus; Comet assay; Deep sea vents; Environmental mutagens; Hydrostatic pressure

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOMYCIN C;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GILL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY; MUSSEL; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIVALVIA; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MUTAGENS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BATHYMODIOLUS; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS;

EID: 3843117972     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.06.026     Document Type: Article

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