Does the duration of lysis affect the sensitivity of the in vitro alkaline comet assay?

Mutagenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-28

  Enciso, José Manuel ^a   Sánchez, Oscar ^a   De Cerain, Adela López ^a   Azqueta, Amaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ALKALINE COMET ASSAY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922432058     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: 14643804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geu047     Document Type: Article

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