Glycerol-treated nuclear suspensions\-an efficient preservation method for flow cytometric analysis of plant samples

Chromosome Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-315

  Kolář, Filip ^a,b   Lučanová, Magdalena ^a,b   Teitel, Jakub ^c   Loureiro, João ^d   Suda, Jan ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DAPI; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Ploidy; Propidium iodide; Sample preservation

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCEROL; ICE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BELLIS PERENNIS; DNA BINDING; DNA CONTENT; EUPHORBIA MILII; FICUS ELASTICA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALIUM ALBUM; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; PEA; PLANT; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICIA FABA;

EID: 84863566999     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-012-9277-0     Document Type: Article

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