Live-cell assay for detection of apoptosis by dual-laser flow cytometry using Hoechst 33342 and 7-amino-actinomycin D

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-190

  Schmid, Ingrid ^a   Uittenbogaart, Christel ^a   Jamieson, Beth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HOE 33342; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; 7-AMINOACTINOMYCIN D; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DACTINOMYCIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURFACE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME; CELL MEMBRANE; LASER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL MEMBRANE; DACTINOMYCIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; LASERS;

EID: 34249999528     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.458     Document Type: Article

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