Methods for improving the yield and quality of metaphase preparations for FISH probing of human lymphocyte chromosomes

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-104

  McFee, A F ^a   Sayer, A M ^a   Salomaa, S I ^b   Lindholm, C ^b   Littlefield, L G ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; FISH chromosome; Human; Lymphocyte culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MITOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTES; METAPHASE; MITOTIC INDEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031053267     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)29:1<98::AID-EM13>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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