Comet assay: A reliable tool for the assessment of DNA damage in different models

Cell Biology and Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-32

  Dhawan, Alok ^a   Bajpayee, Mahima ^a   Parmar, Devendra ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Human monitoring; In vitro; In vivo; Invertebrate and vertebrate animal models; Plants

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ALGA; AMPHIBIA; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; COMET ASSAY; CONTAMINATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA; FISH; FUNGUS; GENETIC TOXICOLOGY; GENOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT MODEL; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149194988     PISSN: 07422091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10565-008-9072-z     Document Type: Review

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