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Micronucleus and its applications

Micronucleus and its applications Micronucleus (MN) is a small additional nucleus and is readily identifiable by light microscopy. Biologically, micronuclei are the chromosome fragments or whole chromosomes that lag behind at anaphase during nuclear division. MN occurs due to genetic damage of the cell and the MN scoring is the indicator of the genetic damage. Therefore MN scoring can be used in various clinical setting such as to supervise genotoxicity, biomonitoring of diseases, screening of preneoplastic diseases and identification of high risk patients. In this brief review, the morphology, etiology, estimation, and applications of MN have been discussed. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2012. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Diagnostic Cytopathology Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN
8755-1039
eISSN
1097-0339
DOI
10.1002/dc.21592
pmid
22180242
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Abstract

Micronucleus (MN) is a small additional nucleus and is readily identifiable by light microscopy. Biologically, micronuclei are the chromosome fragments or whole chromosomes that lag behind at anaphase during nuclear division. MN occurs due to genetic damage of the cell and the MN scoring is the indicator of the genetic damage. Therefore MN scoring can be used in various clinical setting such as to supervise genotoxicity, biomonitoring of diseases, screening of preneoplastic diseases and identification of high risk patients. In this brief review, the morphology, etiology, estimation, and applications of MN have been discussed. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2012. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Diagnostic CytopathologyWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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