Monitoring the progression of cell death and the disassembly of dying cells by flow cytometry

Nature Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 655-663

  Jiang, Lanzhou ^a   Tixeira, Rochelle ^a   Caruso, Sarah ^a   Atkin Smith, Georgia K ^a   Baxter, Amy A ^a   Paone, Stephanie ^a   Hulett, Mark D ^a   Poon, Ivan K H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; LIPOCORTIN 5; NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL BODY; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84962240485     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2016.028     Document Type: Article

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