Comparison of the Ames II and traditional Ames test responses with respect to mutagenicity, strain specificities, need for metabolism and correlation with rodent carcinogenicity

Mutagenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Kamber, Markus ^a   Flückiger Isler, Sini ^a   Engelhardt, Günter ^b   Jaeckh, Rudolf ^b   Zeiger, Errol ^c  

^a Xenometrix   (Switzerland)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c Errol Zeiger Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

AMES II TEST; AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARCINOGENICITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RODENT; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CHLORODIPHENYL (54% CHLORINE); CRICETINAE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALMONELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

RODENTIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 67650904940     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gep017     Document Type: Article

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