Hypersensitivity of a Urate-null Strain of Drosophila melanogaster to the Toxic Effects of Environmental Cigarette Smoke

Genes and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 43-46

  Hamatake, Yuko ^a   Morita, Ayumi ^a   Yuma, Yoko ^a   Okamoto, Keinosuke ^a   Arimoto, Sakae ^a   Suzuki, Toshinori ^b   Kasai, Hiroshi ^c   Kawai, Kazuaki ^c   Negishi, Tomoe ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHUJITSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

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EID: 85009493561     PISSN: 18807046     EISSN: 18807062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3123/jemsge.31.43     Document Type: Article

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