The in vivo Pig-a gene mutation assay is useful for evaluating the genotoxicity of ionizing radiation in mice

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 579-588

  Ohtani, Shin ^a   Unno, Aiko ^a   Ushiyama, Akira ^a   Kimoto, Takafumi ^b   Miura, Daishiro ^b   Kunugita, Naoki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TEIJIN PHARMA LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Pig a mutant frequency; Red blood cells; Reticulocytes; X irradiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PIG A GENE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RETICULOCYTE; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RETICULOCYTES;

MUS; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84867400510     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21724     Document Type: Article

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