The impact of fixatives on the binding of lectins to N-acetyl- glucosamine residues of human syncytiotrophoblast: A quantitative histochemical study

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 855-863

  Høyer, Poul Erik ^a   Kirkeby, Svend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Fixatives; Human placenta; Lectin binding; Quantitative histochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AVIDIN; CYANAMIDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LECTIN BINDING; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029840628     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.8.8756758     Document Type: Article

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