Comparison of multiple assays for kinetic detection of apoptosis in thymocytes exposed to dexamethasone or diethylstilbesterol

Cytometry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-90

  Donner, K J ^a   Becker, K M ^a   Hissong, B D ^a   Ansar Ahmed, S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

7 aminoactinomycin D; Annexin V; Apoptosis; Dexamethasone; Diethylstilbestrol; Hormone; In vitro; Propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL KINETICS; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032894087     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990101)35:1<80::AID-CYTO11>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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