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Bacterial mutagenicity assays: test methods.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2012
Gatehouse David
Abstract excerpt
The most widely used assays for detecting chemically induced gene mutations are those employing bacteria. The plate incorporation assay using various Salmonella typhimurium LT2 and E. coli WP2 strains is a short-term bacterial reverse mutation assay specifically designed to detect a wide range of chemical substances capable of causing DNA damage leading to gene mutations. The test is used worldwide as an initial...
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