A morphological study of the effect of chlorambucil during the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle of synchronized HEp-2 cancer cell populations using computerized morphometry

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Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 623-629

  Zotos, A ^a   Marinos, E ^a   Sekeri Pataryas, K E ^b   Sourlingas, T G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlorambucil; Chromatin; Histones; Image analysis; Morphological parameters; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; S PHASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034040167     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(99)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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