High-throughput comet assay using 96 minigels

Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-340

  Gutzkow, Kristine B ^a   Langleite, Torgrim M ^b   Meier, Silja ^a,b   Graupner, Anne ^a   Collins, Andrew R ^b   Brunborg, Gunnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SUSPENSION; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; FILM; GENOTOXICITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; THICKNESS;

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 84876564414     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/get012     Document Type: Article

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