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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMES TEST

Named after Bruce Ames (born 1928), US biochemist who invented the test.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AMES TEST

Ames test  [eɪmz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMES TEST

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Ames test is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AMES TEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ames test

The Ames test is a widely employed method that uses bacteria to test whether a given chemical can cause cancer. More formally, it is a biological assay to assess the mutagenic potential of chemical compounds. A positive test indicates that the chemical is mutagenic and therefore may act as a carcinogen, because cancer is often linked to mutation. The test serves as a quick and convenient assay to estimate the carcinogenic potential of a compound because standard carcinogen assays on mice and rats are time-consuming and expensive. However, false-positives and false-negatives are known. The procedure was described in a series of papers in the early 1970s by Bruce Ames and his group at the University of California, Berkeley.

Definition of Ames test in the English dictionary

The definition of Ames test in the dictionary is a method of preliminary screening for carcinogens, based on their ability to cause mutations in bacteria.

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denims
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games
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hames
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Maritimes
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megrims
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oftentimes
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ofttimes
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Pilgrims
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prelims
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santims
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMES TEST

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WORDS THAT END LIKE AMES TEST

aptitude test
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pregnancy test
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Turing test

Synonyms and antonyms of Ames test in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Ames test» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMES TEST

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Translator English - Chinese

Ames试验
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prueba de Ames
570 millions of speakers

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Ames test
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एम्स परीक्षण
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أميس اختبار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тест Эймса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

teste de Ames
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এ্যাম পরীক্ষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

test d´Ames
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ujian Ames
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ames-Test
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エイムズ試験
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에임스 테스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ames test
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thử nghiệm Ames
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆம் சோதனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एम्स चाचणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ames testi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

test di Ames
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

test Amesa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тест Еймса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Test Ames
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

δοκιμή Ames
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Ames -toets
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Ames test
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Ames test
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ames test

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMES TEST»

Discover the use of Ames test in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ames test and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Molecular Biology: Genes to Proteins
Although other tests also have been developed to detect mutagens and carcinogens, the Ames test remains the most widely used. The Ames test has now been used with tens of thousands of substances and mixtures (such as industrial ...
Burton E. Tropp, 2012
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New Scientist
2 days ,—1 incubation \S at 37°C Colonies of mutant bacteria Diagram showing the simple steps in the Ames test for mutagens understood. Basically though they are planar molecules which can slip between the "stacked" nucleotide bases in ...
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Medical Biochemistry
Ames Test A test for determining if a chemical is a mutagen. Named for its developer, Bruce Ames. The use of the Ames test is based on the assumption that any substance that is mutagenic (for the bacteria used in his test) may also turn out to ...
Sheriff, 2004
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Molecular Toxicology
Some mutagens are positive in the Ames test even in the absence of S9; certainly , DNA-reactive alkylating agents such as Af-ethyl- N-nitrosourea (ENU; see chapter 15) fall into this class. Such compounds are often called "direct-acting" ...
P. David Josephy, Bengt Mannervik, 2006
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Principles of Environmental Toxicology
5.2.4.1 The Ames Test Bruce Ames is an American scientist who has been working on carcinogenicity for many years. He devised a test that utilises a mutant of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium which is unable to synthesise its own ...
I. Shaw, J. Chadwick, 1998
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Quality Assurance for Environmental Measurements: A Symposium
Llewellyn R. Williams1 Quality Assurance Considerations in Conducting the Ames Test REFERENCE: Williams, L. R., "Quality Assurance Considerations in Conducting the Ames Test," Quality Assurance for Environmental Measurements,  ...
John Keenan Taylor, Thomas W. Stanley, 1985
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Carcinogenicity: Testing: Predicting, and Interpreting ...
As stated in the introduction, few tests have been found to complement the Ames test, the most widely used CST. In our earlier study of kc complementing the Ames test and SAs, 107 chemicals classified as rodent carcinogens by the NCI/ NTP ...
Kirk T. Kitchin, 1998
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Ozone in Water Treatment: Application and Engineering
Ames test (Salmonella back-mutation assay). The Ames test is based on the use of mutants of Salmonella typhimurium that are deficient in the histidine operon. A reverse mutation, resulting from the effect of some mutagenic agent, enables the  ...
Am Water Works Res F, Bruno Langlais, David A. Reckhow, 1991
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Optimization in Drug Discovery: In Vitro Methods
When using a crude human liver S9 fraction, which is obtained following the centrifugation of the tissue homogenate for 20 min at 9000g, in the Ames test, we may sometimes find contaminating bacterial colonies and/or an increasing number ...
Zhengyin Yan, Gary Caldwell, 2004
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Toxicological Chemistry and Biochemistry, Third Edition
8.4.2 The Bruce Ames Test and Related Tests The most widely used test for mutagenicity is the Bruce Ames test, named after the biochemist who developed it. A number of variations and improvements of this test have evolved since it was first ...
Stanley E. Manahan, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMES TEST»

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FDA Regulation of Adhesives in Food Packaging
For low dietary intakes of up to 50 ppb, this means submitting reports of in vitro genotoxicity assays, such as an Ames test and mouse lymphoma or chromosome ... «Food Safety Magazine, Jun 15»
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Baldwin School senior Jasmine Syed is Main Line Student of the Week
My project was called “Mutagenesis of Diesel and Biodiesel” and for the project I used the Ames test to see if diesel exhaust or biodiesel ... «Main Line, May 15»
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Bad Medicine? New Disposal Option
... waste was subjected to a battery of tests including corrosiveness, reactivity, acute toxicity LD50, leachate eco-toxicity, and mutagenicity assay (Ames test). «Waste Management World, Feb 15»
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JRC launches genotoxic and carcinogenic chemicals database
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched a database of chemicals testing positive in the Ames test – a ... «Chemical Watch, Dec 14»
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Styrene oligomers extracted from food contact plastic not genotoxic
... oligomers from food-grade plastic and then used this to prepare samples for use at a range of doses in the Ames test – a bacterial in vitro test ... «Chemical Watch, Nov 14»
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The REACH data market: a major players' view
At present, the Qsar model is able to predict the data for three specific endpoints: bacterial reverse mutation assay (in particular the Ames test), acute fish toxicity; ... «Chemical Watch, Oct 14»
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Investigating the genotoxicity of iron oxide nanoparticles
... surface coatings are assessed using three standard genotoxicity assays: the Salmonella typhimurium reverse mutation assay (Ames test), the ... «nanotechweb.org, Oct 14»
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Life is about Moderation
His name is Dr. Bruce Ames, and his test, the Ames Test, is still used to determine if chemicals can cause cancer. It was his test that determined ... «KING5.com, Sep 14»
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Ames test successfully adapted for use with cigarette smoke and …
The Ames test, a widely used method to determine whether a chemical has the potential to cause cancer, has been successfully adapted for ... «News-Medical.net, Aug 14»
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Ames test adapted successfully to screen complex aerosols
The Ames test, a widely used method to determine whether a chemical has the potential to cause cancer, has been successfully adapted for ... «EurekAlert, Aug 14»

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