SYBR Gold and SYBR Green II are not mutagenic in the Ames test

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 699, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Kirsanov, Kirill I ^a   Lesovaya, Ekaterina A ^a   Yakubovskaya, Marianna G ^a   Belitsky, Gennady A ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ames test; Mutagenicity; SYBR Gold; SYBR Green II

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYE; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; SYBR GOLD; SYBR GREEN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAFETY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAINING;

ETHIDIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

RATTUS;

EID: 77952580737     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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