Comet Assay

           

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Comet Assay 

The single cell gel electrophoresis assay (SCGE, also known as comet assay) is an uncomplicated and sensitive technique for the detection of DNA damage at the level of the individual eukaryotic cell.

It was first developed by Östling & Johansson in 1984 and later modified by Singh et al. in 1988.

 It has since increased in popularity as a standard technique for evaluation of DNA damage/repair, biomonitoring and genotoxicity testing.

Extremely Sensitive DNA Damage Assay

Mechanism Of Comet Assay

Visulaizing Comet Assay

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