X-gal staining of canine skin tissues: A technique with multiple possible applications

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 245-249

  Pati, Soumyaranjan ^a   Jain, Sumeet ^b   Behera, Monalisa ^a   Acharya, Aditya Prasad ^a   Panda, Susen K ^a   Senapati, Shantibhusan ^b  

^a ORISSA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Canine; Senescence; Skin; X gal; galactosidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904207697     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136147     Document Type: Article

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