Apoptotic cell nuclei favour aggregation and fluorescence quenching of DNA dyes

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-75

  Erenpreisa, Jekaterina ^a   Freivalds, Talivaldis ^b   Roach, Helmtrud ^c   Alston, Roger ^c  

^a A Kirchenstein Institute   (Latvia)

^b Inst of Exp and Clinical Medicine   (Latvia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PREDNISOLONE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ETIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMUS;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMATIN; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREDNISOLONE; RATS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030801427     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050147     Document Type: Article

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