COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SENSITIVITY OF DIFFERENT TEST FUNCTIONS OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE TO SALTS OF HEAVY METALS

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are convenient eukaryotic model to determining the toxicity of various pollutants, including heavy metals. Most of biotests with the use yeast are based on the determination of the cytotoxic or genotoxic effect of heavy metals. These methods are time consuming, req...

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Main Authors: O F Vyatchina, G O Zhdanova, D I Stom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2017-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Ecology and Life Safety
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Online Access:https://journals.rudn.ru/ecology/article/viewFile/17184/15148