Efficacy of MitoTracker Green™ and CMXRosamine to measure changes in mitochondrial membrane potentials in living cells and tissues

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-169

  Pendergrass, W ^a   Wolf, N ^a   Pool, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CMXRos; Mitochondrial function; MTG

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE 4 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)PHENYLHYDRAZONE; CHLOROMETHYL X ROSAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOTRACKER GREEN FM; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER MICROSCOPY; LENS; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE CULTURE CELL;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CARBONYL CYANIDE P-TRIFLUOROMETHOXYPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CELL LINE; COLORING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LASERS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 5444224643     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20033     Document Type: Article

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