loading...| Preferred Name |
comet assay |
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| Synonyms |
SCGE assay single cell gel electrophoresis assay |
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| Definitions |
a comet assay is an assay which utilizes gel electrophoresis on cell exposed to a challenge with the objective to assess DNA damage (DNA breakage) by determining the size and shape of DNA migration in cell placed in an electric field in specific conditions. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0302736 |
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| alternative term |
SCGE assay single cell gel electrophoresis assay |
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| definition |
a comet assay is an assay which utilizes gel electrophoresis on cell exposed to a challenge with the objective to assess DNA damage (DNA breakage) by determining the size and shape of DNA migration in cell placed in an electric field in specific conditions. |
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| definition source |
PMID:7686265 .Mutat Res. 1993 Jul;288(1):47-63.The single cell gel electrophoresis assay (comet assay): a European review. |
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| editor preferred term |
comet assay |
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| example of usage |
PMID: 18326531.Mutagenesis. 2008 Mar 6.Recommendations for design of the rat comet assay. |
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comet assay |
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| prefixIRI |
OBI:0302736 |
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| prefLabel |
comet assay |
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| term editor |
Philippe Rocca-Serra |
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