The comet assay: Assessment of in vitro and in vivo DNA damage

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1044, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-345

  Bajpayee, Mahima ^a,b   Kumar, Ashutosh ^a   Dhawan, Alok ^a,c  

^a AHMEDABAD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Science Hub   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline comet assay; Chinese hamster ovary cells; DNA damage; Genotoxicity; In vitro; In vivo; Mouse multiple organs

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; COMET ASSAY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENATURATION;

ANIMALIA; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 84934442345     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-529-3_17     Document Type: Article

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