Nucleic acid distribution pattern in avian erythrocytes and mammalian lymphocytes: Comparative studies by fluorescence microscopy and digital imaging analytical techniques

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-432

  Isitor, G N ^a   Asgarali, Z ^a   Pouching, K ^a  

^a Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Avian erythrocytes; Diagnostic cytology; Digital imaging; Fluorescence microscopy; Lymphocytes; Nucleic acid pattern

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME NOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DUCK; ERYTHROCYTE; EUCHROMATIN; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT; STAINING; VIRUS INCLUSION;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICKENS; DNA; DUCKS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MAMMALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RNA;

ANAS; AVES; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 50849095458     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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