The Comet Assay for DNA Damage and Repair: Principles, Applications, and Limitations
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- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Biotechnology
- Vol. 26 (3) , 249-261
- https://doi.org/10.1385/mb:26:3:249
Abstract
The comet assay (single-cell gel electrophoresis) is a simple method for measuring deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) strand breaks in eukaryotic cells. Cells embKeywords
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