Effects of prefixation and fixation times on apoptosis detection by in situ end-labeling of fragmented DNA

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 252-255

  Tateyama, Hisashi ^a   Tada, Toyohiro ^a   Hattori, Hideo ^a   Murase, Takayuki ^a   Li, Wen Xin ^a   Eimoto, Tadaaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; RAT; SPLEEN; STAINING; THYMUS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE PAIRING; BUFFERS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031918971     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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