Detection of apoptosis in paraffin embedded tissues: The influence of tissue type and fixation

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Dubská, Lenka ^a,b   Matalova E ^c   Misek I ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ovary; Paraffin embedded tissues; Thymus; TUNEL assay

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0036963148     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200271040529     Document Type: Article

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