1995 Volume 48 Issue 10 Pages 1138-1140
We have employed the DNA-methylgreen binding assay as a primary screening method for identifying apoptosis inducers in microbial products. Capsimycin, toyocamycin and cytostatin affect the binding of methylgreen to DNA of FS3 cells in this test system. The effect of cytostatin on apoptosis induction was confirmed by means of the ELISA system.