Induction of dna strand breaks by genotoxicants in the alga chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1893-1900

  David, Rhiannon M ^a   Winter, Matthew J ^b   Kevin Chipman, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Comet assay; Cytochrome p450; Genotoxicity; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

CELL WALLS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMET ASSAYS; CYTOCHROME P450; DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE; DNA STRAND BREAK; ECOTOXICITY; END POINTS; EROD ACTIVITY; ETHOXYRESORUFIN-O-DEETHYLASE; GENETIC TOXICITY; GENOTOXIC AGENTS; GENOTOXICITIES; GREEN ALGA; HYDROXY METABOLITES; IN-CONTROL; MAMMALIAN CELLS; MUTANT STRAIN; POPULATION GROWTH; SAFETY STUDIES; TEST ORGANISMS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UNICELLULAR ALGA; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ALGAE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GENES; LIGHT SOURCES; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; SAFETY TESTING; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DNA;

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; CHRYSOIDINE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; FLUORENYLACETOHYDROXAMIC ACID; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; CYTOCHROME; DNA; GENOTOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

4-NITROQUINOLINE-1-OXIDE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMET ASSAY; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DNA BREAKS; GLUTATHIONE; MUTAGENS; P-AMINOAZOBENZENE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77950336340     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-349.1     Document Type: Article

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