Is the comet assay a sensitive procedure for detecting genotoxicity?

Journal of Nucleic Acids

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kawaguchi, Satomi ^a   Nakamura, Takanori ^b   Yamamoto, Ayumi ^a   Honda, Gisho ^b   Sasaki, Yu F ^a  

^a HACHINOHE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYTARABINE; DNA; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; HYDROXYUREA; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHYLNITROSOUREA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79959913933     PISSN: 20900201     EISSN: 2090021X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2010/541050     Document Type: Article

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