Immunodetection of 5′-methylcytosine on Giemsa-stained chromosomes

BioTechniques

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-530

  Pfarr, Werner ^a   Webersinke, Gerald ^b   Paar, Christian ^a   Wechselberger, Christian ^a  

^a Upper Austrian Research GmbH   (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Linz   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PURIFICATION; VERTEBRATE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; METAPHASE; METHODOLOGY; STAINING;

VERTEBRATA;

5-METHYLCYTOSINE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AZURE STAINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 17244375743     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/05384BM01     Document Type: Article

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