Microculture tetrazolium assays: a comparison between two new tetrazolium salts, XTT and MTS

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 95-103

  Goodwin, C J ^a   Holt, S J ^a   Downes, S ^b   Marshall, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Orthopaedics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microculture tetrazolium assay; MTS; MTT; XTT

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; TETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; LYMPHOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE; LYMPHOMA; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0028873979     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(94)00277-4     Document Type: Article

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