Does pH 6 β-galactosidase activity indicate cell senescence?

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-123

  Krishna, Devarakonda R ^a   Sperker, Bernhard ^a   Fritz, Peter ^a   Klotz, Ulrich ^a  

^a DR MARGARETE FISCHER BOSCH INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; Enzyme histochemistry; HPLC; Human cell lines; Liver; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER; LIVER HOMOGENATE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL AGING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032764992     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(99)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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