The comet assay, DNA damage, DNA repair and cytotoxicity: Hedgehogs are not always dead

Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Lorenzo, Yolanda ^a   Costa, Solange ^a,b   Collins, Andrew R ^a   Azqueta, Amaya ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUSPENSION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HEDGEHOG; HELA CELL; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTAGENS;

EID: 84878685895     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/get018     Document Type: Article

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