Nonradioactive in situ nick translation: A useful molecular histochemical tool to detect single-stranded DNA breaks

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-79

  Koji, Takehiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell death; DNA single strand breaks; DNA synthesis; In situ nick translation; Terminal differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029911879     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.29.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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