Influence of experimental conditions on data variability in the liver comet assay

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-121

  Guerard M ^a   Marchand, C ^a   Plappert Helbig, U ^b  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Ethyl methanesulfonate; Genotoxicity; Liver

Indexed keywords

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; LIVER; MALE; MUTAGENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84893735069     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21835     Document Type: Article

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