Bull. ARN, 1994, p. 36-48., ISSN.1146-6200
Tobacco smoke and urine mutagenicity
Fac. de Pharmacie, Lab. de Biogénotoxicologie et Mutagénèse Environnementale, Marseille, France
The Ames test is a short-term assay of genetic toxicology. This technique uses four strains of Salmonella typhimurium : TA 97a, TA 98, TA 100 and TA 102. The variations of mutation frequencies in the histidine-operon allow to evaluate the mutagenic...