Accessibility of 7-aminoactinomycin D to lymphocyte nuclei after paraformaldehyde fixation

Cytometry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 92-95

  Lindén, Eva ^a   Skoglund, Per ^a   Rundquist, Ingemar ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

7 aminoactinomycin D; chromatin structure; DNA protein interactions; paraformaldehyde fixation

Indexed keywords

PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; POLYMERS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031034903     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970101)27:1<92::AID-CYTO12>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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