Preferred Label : in situ nick-end labeling;
MeSH 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.;
MeSH synonym : nick end labeling, in situ; nick end labelling, in situ; in situ nick end labelling; nick-end labeling, in situ; nick-end labelling, in situ; in situ nick end-labelling; tunel; in situ nick-end labelling; nick end-labeling, in situ; nick end-labelling, in situ; in situ nick end labeling; in situ nick End-Labeling;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Tünel;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tünel;
Origin ID : D020287;
UMLS CUI : C0600528;
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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.