A first step in visual identification of different cell populations by a modified alkaline comet assay

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 520, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 207-211

  Godard, Thierry ^a,b   Gauduchon, Pascal ^a   Debout, Claire ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Comet assay; Effector target conjugate; Immunomagnetic beads; Kurloff cells; Natural killer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMET ASSAY; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037179492     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5718(02)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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