Thanks to those who answered, those who were serious and those who weren't
:-) Now i can sleep easier,  nights. Anyway its all the fault of
spellcheckers (which is satining got in..to those who picked it up!)


love u all

On 10/15/08, Jacqui Detmar  wrote:
>
>  Hey there.  I'm in the cell death field and do *plenty* of TUNELs.  The
> short form you are using is correct.  I have also seen it as "terminal
> deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling".  Anyway,
> Tunnel is dead wrong....someone just made a mistake.  I am shocked to learn
> that even reputable journals are prone to these .
>
> Jacqui
>
>
>
>  Jacqui Detmar, Post-doctoral Fellow
> Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
> Mount Sinai Hospital,
> 25 Orde Street, room 6-1001 AJ
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> M5T 3H7
>
> Tel:       416-586-4800 x5607
> Fax:      416-586-8588
> email:   detmar@lunenfeld.ca
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of louise
> renton
> *Sent:* Wed 10/15/2008 4:03 AM
> *To:* Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> *Subject:* [Histonet] Tunnel vs TUNEL
>
>
>
> hey guys,
>
> what is the correct way of writing this? I always thought it was TUNEL
> (Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling ), but I
> recently saw an article in a reputable journal refer to "tunnel" satining -
> is ths something differnt or just sloppiness?
>
>
>
> --
> Louise Renton
> Bone Research Unit
> University of the Witwatersrand
> Johannesburg
> South Africa
> "There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls".
> George Carlin
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Louise Renton
Bone Research Unit
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg
South Africa
"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls".
George Carlin
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