[Fluorescence cytochemistry of nucleic acids. The current status and outlook: on the 35th anniversary of the method]

Most important fields of the fluorescence cytochemistry of nucleic acids are reviewed, special attention being paid to the following aspects of the problem: physicochemical basis of different methods of staining; new methods of cell analysis, including flow cytometry; functional studies, i.e. the use of fluorescence approaches to obtain information about the functional state of individual cells and cell aggregates.