An improved method for detection of apoptosis in tissue sections and cell culture, using the TUNEL technique combined with Hoechst stain

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-164

  Whiteside, G ^a   Cougnon, N ^a   Hunt, S P ^b   Munglani, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axotomy; Hoechst 33342; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HOE 33342;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; PREGNANCY; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031868227     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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