Paramecium tetraurelia: prescreen for hazardous agents
The ciliated protozoan, paramecia, is proposed as a eukaryote model system for use in short-term screening assays for detection of mutagenic/carcinogenic and hazardous agents. The approach utilizes two assays: the mutagenic and photodynamic systems.
- Research Organization:
- Wyoming Univ., Laramie (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-77EV04477
- OSTI ID:
- 5643279
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EV/04477-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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