Enhancement of TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling (TUNEL) method using mung bean nuclease, a single-stranded DNA digestion enzyme

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Umemura, Shinobu ^a   Yasuda, Masanori ^a   Osamura, R Yoshiyuki ^a   Kawarada, Yoshihiko ^b   Sugiyama, Toshihiro ^b   Tsutsumi, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Enhanced TUNEL method; Mung bean nuclease; Single stranded DNA

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE S1; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0030038021     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.2.8609368     Document Type: Article

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