Preferred Label : Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis;
NCIt synonyms : Comet Assay; COMET;
NCIt definition : A rapid, simple, visual and sensitive technique for measuring DNA breakage in individual
mammalian cells in response to a test agent. A cell is immobilized in agarose and
made permeable and the broken DNA migrates out under the influence of the electric
field. A damaged cell has the appearance of a comet with a brightly fluorescent cell
body and a tail whose length and fluorescence intensity are related to the number
of DNA-strand breaks induced by the test agent.;
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