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Cadmium induces DNA damage in tobacco roots, but no DNA damage, somatic mutations or homologous recombination in tobacco leaves.
Mutation research - 11 Apr 2004
Gichner Tomás, Patková Zdenka, Száková Jirina, Demnerová Katerina
Abstract excerpt
The heavy metal cadmium (Cd(2+)) applied on tobacco roots in the form of cadmium chloride, induced significantly higher levels of DNA damage as measured by the cellular Comet assay than did treatment of isolated root nuclei, analyzed by use of the acellular Comet assay. DNA damage induced by Cd(2...
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