Genotoxic evaluation of two mercury compounds in the Drosophila wing spot test

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1910-1914

  Carmona, Erico R ^a   Kossatz, Elk ^a   Creus, Amadeu ^a   Marcos, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Genotoxicity; Mercury chloride; Methyl mercury chloride; Wing spot test

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TOXICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOTOXICITY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYL MERCURY CHLORIDE; WING SPOT TEST;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE;

CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUTATION; RECOMBINATION; TOXICITY TEST; WING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; WING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 38649125879     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.07.032     Document Type: Article

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