Quantitative assessment of the alteration of chromatin during the course of FISH procedures

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 96-101

  Mongelard, Fabien ^a,b   Vourc'h, Claire ^a   Robert Nicoud, Michel ^a   Usson, Yves ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

Chromatin texture; DAPI; FISH; Fluorescence microscopy; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DENATURATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STAINING;

AMNION; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDOLES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0033153420     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990601)36:2<96::AID-CYTO2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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