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Ultraviolet irradiation of tumour cells (Ehrlich tetraploid ascites tumour of mice, TO strain), supravitally stained with thiazine dyes (Azure II, Azure A, Methylene Blue, Toluidine Blue) or an oxazine dye (Brilliant Cresyl Blue), induces blue fluorescence in cytoplasmic bodies believed to be lipid droplets or lysosome-like bodies. Microspectrofluorometry of the inducible fluorescence in Ehrlich tumour cells gives bimodal excitation (340/394 nm) and emission (443/700 nm) curves.
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Marques, D., Rost, F.W.D. Microspectrofluorometry of ultraviolet-inducible fluorescence in supravitally-stained ascites tumour cells. Histochem J 5, 151–156 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01012557
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