Evaluation of DNA damage and mutagenicity induced by lead in tobacco plants

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 652, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-190

  Gichner, Tomáš ^a   Žnidar, Irena ^b   Száková, Jiřina ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Nicotiana tabacum L. var. xanthi; Single cell gel electrophoresis; Somatic mutations

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CELL NUCLEUS; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TOBACCO;

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, PLANT; LEAD; NITRATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 42749093268     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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