Genotoxicity and mutagenicity of water contaminated with tannery effluents, as evaluated by the micronucleus test and comet assay using the fish Oreochromis niloticus and chromosome aberrations in onion root-tips

Genotoxicity and mutagenicity of water contaminated with tannery effluents, as evaluated by the micronucleus test and comet assay using the fish Oreochromis niloticus and chromosome aberrations in onion root-tips

Cytotoxicity of metals is important because some metals are potential mutagens able to induce tumors in humans and experimental animals. Chromium can damage DNA in several ways, including DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) which generate chromosomal aberrations, micronucleus formation, sister chromatid...

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Main Authors: Silvia Tamie Matsumoto, Mário Sérgio Mantovani, Mirtis Irene Ariza Malaguttii, Ana Lúcia Dias, Inês Cristina Fonseca, Maria Aparecida Marin-Morales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2006-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
Allium cepa
chromium
chromosomes aberrations
comet assay
micronucleus
Oreochromis niloticus
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