Highly sensitive umu test system for the
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Dr. Yoshimitsu Oda; Hiroshi Yamazaki; Mosahiko Watanabe; Takehiko Nohmi; Tsutomu
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A highly sensitive __umu__ test system for the detection of genotoxic activities of a variety of mutagenic nitroarenes has been developed using a new tester strain, __Salmonella typhimurium__ NM3009 having high Oβacetyltransferase (OβAT) and nitroreductase (NR) activities. The NM3009 wa