Comparison of LR white and unicryl as embedding media for light and electron immunomicroscopy of chromaffin cells

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-295

  Goping, Gertrud ^a   Kuijpers, Gemma A J ^a   Vinet, Raul ^a   Pollard, Harvey B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cells; Immunocytochemistry; LR White; Postembedding; Unicryl

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; CELL PROTEIN; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; SYNEXIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029930031     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.3.8648090     Document Type: Article

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