The comet assay in marine animals

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1044, Issue , 2013, Pages 363-372

  Frenzilli, Giada ^a   Lyons, Brett P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA strand breaks; Gills; Hemocytes; Marine animals; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; DIFFUSION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GILL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPORT STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84934435650     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-529-3_19     Document Type: Article

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