Flow cytometric analysis of micronuclei in mammalian cell cultures: Past, present and future

Mutagenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Avlasevich, Svetlana ^a   Bryce, Steven ^a   De Boeck, Marlies ^b   Elhajouji, Azeddine ^c   Van Goethem, Freddy ^b   Lynch, Anthony ^d   Nicolette, John ^e   Shi, Jing ^f   Dertinger, Stephen ^a  

^a LITRON LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f BioReliance Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CELL CYCLE; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; MICRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650663142     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geq058     Document Type: Review

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