Flow acetone-staining technique: A highly efficient procedure for the simultaneous analysis of dna content, cell morphology, and immunophenotype by flow cytometry

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-174

  Carbonari, Maurizio ^a   Mancaniello, Debora ^a   Tedesco, Tiziana ^a   Fiorilli, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetone; Conservative fixation; DNA content; Multiparametric flow cytometry; T and B blasts

Indexed keywords

7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; 7-AMINOACTINOMYCIN D; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIXATIVE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW ACETONE STAINING TECHNIQUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MONOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING;

ACETONE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL SIZE; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA; FIXATIVES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 43049144321     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20521     Document Type: Article

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