A new epitope retrieval method for the detection of structural cytokeratins in the bovine prostatic tissue

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 208-214

  Portiansky, Enrique Leo ^a,b   Gimeno, Eduardo Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytokeratins; Epitope retrieval; Image processing; Prostatic tissue; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE;

EID: 0029800172     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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