Concurrent detection of autolysosome formation and lysosomal degradation by flow cytometry in a high-content screen for inducers of autophagy

BMC Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hundeshagen, Phillip ^a   Hamacher Brady, Anne ^a   Eils, Roland ^a   Brady, Nathan R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTONIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LYSOSOME; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES;

EID: 79957792406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-38     Document Type: Article

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