Mouse Pig-a and micronucleus assays respond to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea, benzo[a]pyrene, and ethyl carbamate, but not pyrene or methyl carbamate

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 28-40

  Labash, Carson ^a   Avlasevich, Svetlana L ^a   Carlson, Kristine ^a   Berg, Ariel ^a   Torous, Dorothea K ^a   Bryce, Steven M ^a   Bemis, Jeffrey C ^a   Macgregor, James T ^b   Dertinger, Stephen D ^a  

^a LITRON LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Toxicology Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

CD24; Flow cytometry; Micronuclei; Mutation; Pig a gene

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARBAMIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; PYRENE; URETHAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL GLYCAN-CLASS A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIG A GENE; REPORTER GENE; RETICULOCYTE; ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROID CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROID CELLS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; URETHANE;

EID: 84954400112     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21965     Document Type: Article

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