Reply: M540 bodies interfere with TUNEL analyses in human semen samples
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may have been influenced by the presence of M540 bodies. M540 bodies are indeed mysterious structures. They stain positively with merocyanine, a fluorescent membrane probe normally associated with the measurement of membrane potential and disorder, and also generate signals in the TUNEL assay, even though these structures do not stain with DNA sensitive fluorochromes such as YOPRO-1 (Marchiani ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq371