Fabrice Nesslany1 and Daniel Marzin1,2,3 1Laboratoire de Toxicologie Ge ´ ne´tique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59019 Lille Cedex and 2De´partement Toxicologie–Hydrologie–Hygie`ne, Universite´ de
Lille II, Droit et Sante´, Faculte´ des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 59006 Lille Cedex, France
A micromethod for the in vitro micronucleus assay was developed using L5178Y cells to enable the rapid screening of a large number of molecules. The method is quick, simple to perform and needs very small amounts of compound, i.e.
