Nucleus image properties assessed by video image analysis in mouse hepatocytes under a short lysis for extended chromatin fiber formation

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1106-1113

  Vidal, Benedicto C ^a   Moraes, Alberto S ^a   Mello, Maria Luiza S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromatin supra organization; Extended chromatin fibers; Feulgen DNA amount hepatocytes; Nuclear remnants

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ADENINE; DNA; THYMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; EXTENDED CHROMATIN FIBER FORMATION; FEMALE; FEULGEN STAINING; FLUORESCENCE; HETEROCHROMATIN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VARIANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEPATOCYTES; HYDROLYSIS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; INDOLES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PLOIDIES; ROSANILINE DYES;

EID: 33751008088     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20339     Document Type: Article

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