title: Substantial background reduction in ligase-based apoptosis detection using newly designed hairpin oligonucleotide probes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. vdidenko@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Didenko
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Boudreaux
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Baskin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D019921:Biotinylation; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000235:genetics; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004247:DNA; D008025:Ligases