Preface ....................................................... vii
Acknowledgements ............................................... ix
Contributors ................................................. xiii
Part I Gene Mutation Assays
1 Bacterial Mutation Assays .................................... 3
Errol Zeiger
2 In Vitro Mouse Lymphoma (L5178Y Tk+/- -3.7.2C) Forward
Mutation Assay .............................................. 27
Melissa R. Schisler, Martha M. Moore, and B. Bhaskar
Gollapudi
3 Erythrocyte-Based Pig-α Gene Mutation Assay ................. 51
Jeffrey C. Bemis, Nikki E. Hall, and Stephen D. Dertinger
4 Detection of In Vivo Mutation in the Hprt and Pig-α Genes
of Rat Lymphocytes .......................................... 79
Vasily N. Dobrovolsky, Joseph G. Shaddock, Roberta
A. Mittelstaedt, Daishiro Miura, and Robert H. Heflich
5 In Vivo ell, gpt, and Spi Gene Mutation Assays
in Transgenic Mice and Rats ................................. 97
Mugimane G. Manjanatha, Xuefei Cao, Sharon D. Shelton,
Roberta A. Mittelstaedt, and Robert H. Heflich
Part II Assays for Chromosomal Abnormalities
6 In Vitro Cytogenetic Assays: Chromosomal Aberrations and
Micronucleus Tests ......................................... 123
Pasquale Mosesso, Serena Cinelli, Adyapalam T. Natarajan,
and Fabrizio Palitti
7 Analysis of Chromosome Aberrations in Somatic and Germ
Cells of the Mouse ......................................... 147
Francesca Pacchierotti and Valentina Stocchi
8 Chromosomal Aberration Test in Human Lymphocytes ........... 165
Christian Johannes and Guenter Obe
9 In Vivo Micronucleus Assay in Mouse Bone Marrow and
Peripheral Blood ........................................... 179
Sawako Kasamoto, Shoji Masumori, and Makoto Hayashi
10 Micronucleus Assay in Human Cells: Lymphocytes and Buccal
Cells ...................................................... 191
Claudia Bolognesi and Michael Fenech
11 Flow Cytometric Determination of Micronucleus Frequency .... 209
Azeddine Elhajouji and Magdalena Lukamowicz-Rajska
12 Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Technique
for the Micronucleus Test .................................. 237
Use Decordier and Micheline Kirsch-Volders
13 Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) in Genotoxicology .. 245
Adolf Baumgartner
14 The In Vitro Micronucleus Assay and Kinetochore Staining:
Methodology and Criteria for the Accurate Assessment
of Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity ........................... 269
Bella B. Manshian, Neenu Singh, and Share en H. Doak
Part III Tests for Primary DNA Damage
15 γ-H2AX Detection in Somatic and Germ Cells of Mice ......... 293
Eugenia Cordelli and Lorena Paris
16 Multicolor Laser Scanning Confocal Immunofluorescence
Microscopy of DNA Damage Response Biomarkers ............... 311
Julian Laubenthal, Michal R. Gdula, Alok Dhawan, and
Diana Anderson
17 The Comet Assay: Assessment of In Vitro and In Vivo DNA
Damage ..................................................... 325
Mahima Bajpayee, Ashutosh Kumar, and Alok Dhawan
18 The Comet Assay in Human Biomonitoring ..................... 347
Diana Anderson, Alok Dhawan, and Julian Laubenthal
19 The Comet Assay in Marine Animals .......................... 363
Giada Frenzilli and Brett P. Lyons
20 Unscheduled DNA Synthesis (UDS) Test with Mammalian Liver
Cells In Vivo .............................................. 373
Fabrice Nesslany
21 32P-Postlabeling Analysis of DNA Adducts ................... 389
Heinz H. Schmeiser, Marie Stiborova, and Volker M. Arlt
Part IV Assays in Plants and Alternate Animal Models
22 Micronucleus Assay with Tetrad Cells of Tradescantia ....... 405
Miroslav Mišík, Clemens Pichler, Bernhard Rainer, Armen
Nersesyan, and Siegfried Knasmueller
23 The Wing-Spot and the Comet Tests as Useful Assays
Detecting Genotoxicity in Drosophila ....................... 417
Ricard Marcos and Erico R. Carmona
Part V Guidelines
24 Genotoxicity Guidelines Recommended by International
Conference of Harmonization (ICH) .......................... 431
Gireesh H. Kamath and K.S. Rao
Index ......................................................... 459
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