title: Cell kinetics and sister-chromatid-exchange frequency in human lymphocytes.
abstract: Repeated cultures from 5 healthy donors were set up in 3 tissue-culture media: TC109, TC199 and TC1640. For each donor, 3 blood samples were taken at 1-week intervals, making a total of 5 x 3 x 3 = 45 cultures. Our results show a large variability in the individual SCE base-line frequency. This variability can be partly attributed to the different tissue-culture media or to the donors themselves. Our results, however, stress the importance of the proliferating rate of the culture in determining the SCE frequency.
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002842:Chromatids / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008940:Mitotic Index; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media