Hypomethylation and histological changes induced by chloroform administered by oral gavages in corn oil to mice

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1569-1576

  Mostafa, Ahmed abdel Zaher M ^a,b   Zahran, Faten Mohamed ^b   Guirgis, Adel ^c   Zein, Nabila ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^c MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Electrophoresis; Hypomethylation; Restriction enzymes and chloroform

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549090677     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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