Caffeine and other xanthines as cytochemical blockers and removers of heterocyclic DNA intercalators from chromatin

Cell Biology International

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Lyles, Mark B ^a   Cameron, Ivan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acridine orange; Caffeine; DNA intercalation; Fluorescence microscopy; Heterocyclic hydrocarbons; Nuclear staining

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CAFFEINE; DNA; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METHYL GROUP; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL KINETICS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 0036343492     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.2001.0810     Document Type: Article

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