Incorporation of ethidium bromide in the Drosophila salivary gland approached by microspectrofluorometry: Evidence for the presence of both free and bound dye in the nuclei of cells in viable conditions

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-237

  Favard, Cyril ^a   Pager, Jeanne ^a   Locker, Daniel ^a   Vigny, Paul ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Ethidium bromide; Fluorescence spectroscopy; In vivo; Salivary glands; Spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

DYE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOPLASM; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ETHIDIUM; INTERCALATING AGENTS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SALIVARY GLANDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030835498     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050035     Document Type: Article

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