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Download or read book Techniques in Apoptosis written by Thomas G. Cotter and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the latest techniques for researching the role of cell death in physiological and pathological mechanisms, a topic that is currently both of high interest and rapidly changing. Includes step-by-step protocols for identifying apoptotic cells from plants through fruit flies to humans; describes the common procedures for assessing apoptosis by morphology, vital-dye and DNA-fragmentation assays, and plasma membrane changes; and explores a variety of systems used to study the biochemistry and genetic regulation of apoptosis. The flat wire binding allows the pages to lie flat on the laboratory bench. Distributed in the US by Ashgate. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR