cytophotometer

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cy·to·pho·tom·e·ter

(sī′tō-fō-tŏm′ĭ-tər)

An instrument used to identify and locate the chemical compounds within a cell by measuring the intensity of light passing through stained sections of the cytoplasm.

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cytophotometer - a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm

exposure meter, light meter, photometer - photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light

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DNA was measured using a Morphoquant scanning cytophotometer (Germany) at a wavelength of 550 nm on 200 muscle nuclei from each heart chamber.

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Sharma, INSA Golden Jubilee Professor at the Centre of Advanced Study in Cell and Chromosome Research at the University of Calcutta, for giving them the opportunity to use the cytophotometer. We also thank CSIR for financial help (grant no.