Antigen retrieval for immunohistochemistry status and need for greater standardization

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 144-166

  Taylor, Clive R ^a   Shi, Shan Rong ^a   Cote, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antigen; Antigen retrieval; Formalin; Heat induced epitope retrieval; Immunohistochemistry; Paraffin tissue sections

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029796770     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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