Quantum dots thermal stability improves simultaneous phenotype-specific telomere length measurement by FISH-flow cytometry

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-14

  Kapoor, Veena ^a   Hakim, Fran T ^a   Rehman, Najibah ^a   Gress, Ronald E ^a   Telford, William G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

FISH flow cytometry; Quantum dots; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; CELL ANTIGEN; NANOPARTICLE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; QUANTUM DOT; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TELOMERE; THERMOSTABILITY;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MONOCYTES; QUANTUM DOTS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TELOMERE;

EID: 65049091499     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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