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The Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell/hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) mutation assay developed by Hsie et al., was simplified by culturing the cells as unattached cultures, and also modified to include mutation at the Na+-K+ ATPase (ouabain resistance) gene locus. The cost and time involved were decreased by culturing the CHO cells unattached on nontissue culture plates during the expression period. The inclusion of a second gene locus ensures that mutagenicities observed were not due to the peculiar properties of a specific gene locus. These procedures are now used in our laboratory for routine testing of environmental chemicals and complex mixtures.
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Li, A.P. Quantification of mutations at the Na+-K+-ATPase and hypoxanthine — guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) gene loci in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Journal of Tissue Culture Methods 7, 27–32 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01666877
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