Fluorochrome-Labeled Inhibitors of Caspases: Convenient In Vitro and In Vivo Markers of Apoptotic Cells for Cytometric Analysis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 682, Issue , 2011, Pages 103-114

  Darzynkiewicz, Zbigniew ^a   Pozarowski, Piotr ^a,b   Lee, Brian W ^c   Johnson, Gary L ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^c Immunochemistry Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Annexin V binding; Apoptosis; Caspases; Cell death; FLICA; Flow cytometry; Laser scanning cytometry; Mitochondrial potential

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STAINING;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASES; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79952198769     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-409-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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