Fluorescence spectra of DNA dyes measured in a flow cytometer

Cytometry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 234-242

  Asbury, Charles L ^a   Esposito, Rich ^a   Farmer, Colleen ^a   Van Den Engh, Ger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromomycin A3; Chromosomes; DAPI; Ethidium bromide; Hoechst 33258; Monochromator; Propidium iodide; Resonance energy transfer; Thiazole orange

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; 4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CHROMOMYCIN A3; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; THIAZOLE ORANGE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

BISBENZIMIDE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOMYCIN A3; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0029680668     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19960701)24:3<234::AID-CYTO6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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