Taber's Medical Dictionary
Ames test
(āmz)
[Bruce Nathan Ames, U.S. biochemist, b. 1928]
A laboratory test of the mutagenicity of chemicals. Special strains of organisms are incubated with the test chemical, and their growth is an indicator of the mutagenicity of the substance. Most chemicals that test positive are carcinogens. Use of the test has helped reduce the use of mammals for tests of mutagenicity.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Ames Test." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730862/all/Ames_test.
Ames test. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730862/all/Ames_test. Accessed January 28, 2021.
Ames test. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (23rd edition). F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved January 28, 2021, from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730862/all/Ames_test
Ames Test [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2021 January 28]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730862/all/Ames_test.
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