Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
Ames Test is used to measure carcinogenicity and mutagenicity of any chemical mutagen.
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The Ames test uses a strain of S. typhimurium that is mutant for the operon responsible for the biosynthesis of the amino acid histidine.
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A more potent mutagen translates into a greater number of revertant colonies.
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The same type of telomeric sequence is found in plants and humans so conserved in nature.