The comet assay: Topical issues

Mutagenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-151

  Collins, Andrew R ^a   Oscoz, Amaia Azqueta ^a   Brunborg, Gunnar ^b   Gaivão, Isabel ^a,c   Giovannelli, Lisa ^d   Kruszewski, Marcin ^e   Smith, Catherine C ^f   Štětina, Rudolf ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; ENDONUCLEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; CALIBRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

CALIBRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMET ASSAY; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA BREAKS, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44649090121     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gem051     Document Type: Review

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