Maintenance of bivalve hemocytes for the purpose of delayed DNA strand break assessment using the Comet assay

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-68

  Hartl, Mark G J ^a   Grigson, Steve J W ^a   Sinet, Emilie ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood cells; DNA damage; HBSS; Leibovitz; Mytilus edulis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENOTOXICITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; STORAGE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HEMOCYTES; MYTILUS EDULIS;

BIVALVIA; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 75149113204     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20514     Document Type: Article

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