The separation of two reduction products of nitroblue tetrazolium (Nitro BT) in Paramecium caudatum using a microphotometric image-analysis system

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-192

  Chikamori, Kensuke ^a   Araki, Tsutomu ^b   Sato, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Component separation; Image analysis; Nitro BT; Paramecium caudatum

Indexed keywords

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 0031873938     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.31.185     Document Type: Article

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