Development of an optimal protocol for antigen retrieval: A 'test battery' approach exemplified with reference to the staining of retinoblastoma protein (pRB) in formalin-fixed paraffin sections

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Shi, Shan Rong ^a   Cote, Richard J ^a   Yang, Christina ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Xu, Hong Ji ^b   Benedict, William F ^b   Taylor, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antigen retrieval; immunohistochemistry; microwave oven; paraffin section; RB

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG CANCER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TISSUE SECTION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029781325     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199607)179:3<347::AID-PATH559>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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