Reducing cellular autofluorescence in flow cytometry: An in situ method

Communications in Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-156

  Mosiman, Victoria L ^a,c   Patterson, Bruce K ^a   Canterero, Luis ^b   Goolsby, Charles L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Aprogenex Inc   (United States)

^c 536 Wesley Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular autofluorescence; Flow cytometry; Trypan blue

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

COLORING AGENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; RNA PROBES; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0030805839     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970615)30:3<151::AID-CYTO6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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