Article
Short-term mutagenicity tests.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health - 1 Jan 2000
Ramel C, Rannug U
Abstract excerpt
The universality of the genetic system in living organisms and the high experimental correlation between mutagenicity and carcinogenicity provide the rational basis for the use of mutagenicity in screening of possible carcinogens. The present genetic methodologies using microorganisms, cell cultu...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Drosophila
- Genes, Dominant
- Genes, Lethal
- Mutagenicity Tests
- Mutation
- Salmonella
