The comet assay: Reflections on its development, evolution and applications

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 767, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-30

  Singh, Narendra P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cancer; Comet assay; DNA damage and repair; Microgel electrophoresis; Single cell gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRITON X 100;

AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMET ASSAY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND; HUMAN; INDIA; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; HISTORY; NEOPLASM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84961117727     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: 13882139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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