A technical note on quantum dots for multi-color fluorescence in situ hybridization

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 351-359

  Muller S ^a   Cremer, M ^a   Neusser, M ^a   Grasser, F ^a   Cremer, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

4Pi microscopy; Chromosome; Multicolor FISH; Nuclear architecture; Nucleus; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; DNA; FLUOROCHROME; HAPTEN; QUANTUM DOT; STREPTAVIDIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUOROCHROME STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMICONDUCTOR; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS;

CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DNA PROBES; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 67849088831     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218138     Document Type: Article

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