Simultaneous In Situ Detection of Apoptosis and Necrosis in Monolayer Cultures by TUNEL and Trypan Blue Staining

A method for simultaneously detecting membrane permeability (characteristic of necrosis) and DNA fragmentation (characteristic of apoptosis) is described. By combining a common dye-exclusion method (Trypan Blue) with a commercially available terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP...

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Published in:BioTechniques
Main Authors: Seth W. Perry, Leon G. Epstein, Harris A. Gelbard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 1997-06-01
Online Access:https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/97226st01