The use of chloromethyl-X-rosamine (mitotracker red) to measure loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in apoptotic cells is incompatible with cell fixation

Cytometry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 355-358

  Gilmore, Kerry ^a   Wilson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell fixation; Chloromethyl X rosamine; Mitochondrial membrane potential

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORMALDEHYDE; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERS; TISSUE FIXATION; U937 CELLS;

EID: 0033179331     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990801)36:4<355::AID-CYTO11>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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