Flow cytometric profiles, biomolecular and morphological aspects of transfixed leukocytes and red cells

Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-278

  Canonico, Barbara ^a   Betti, Michele ^a,b   Luchetti, Francesca ^a   Battistelli, Michela ^a   Falcieri, Elisabetta ^a,c   Ferri, Paola ^a   Zamai, Loris ^a   Barnett, David ^d   Papa, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell surface; DNA; Membrane structure; TransFix

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; 7-AMINOACTINOMYCIN D; DACTINOMYCIN; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BASOPHIL; CELL DENSITY; DNA CONTENT; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NICK END LABELING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANNEXIN A5; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; DACTINOMYCIN; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEUKOCYTES; PROPIDIUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956537363     PISSN: 15524949     EISSN: 15524957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20510     Document Type: Article

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