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Investigative Techniques > Genetic Techniques > In Situ Nick-End Labeling

Preferred term

In Situ Nick-End Labeling  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An in situ method for detecting areas of DNA which are nicked during APOPTOSIS. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase is used to add labeled dUTP, in a template-independent manner, to the 3 prime OH ends of either single- or double-stranded DNA. The terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase nick end labeling, or TUNEL, assay labels apoptosis on a single-cell level, making it more sensitive than agarose gel electrophoresis for analysis of DNA FRAGMENTATION.

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Entry terms

  • In Situ Nick End Labeling
  • In Situ Nick End-Labeling
  • In Situ Nick End Labelling
  • In Situ Nick End-Labelling
  • In Situ Nick-End Labelling
  • Nick End-Labeling, In Situ
  • Nick-End Labeling, In Situ
  • Nick End-Labelling, In Situ
  • Nick-End Labelling, In Situ
  • TUNEL

In other languages

  • French

  • Marquage in situ d'extrémités de brins d'ADN
  • Technique TUNEL
  • TUNEL (Terminal Uridine Nick-End Labeling)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-J9BZVDQF-B

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