Immunohistochemical staining of fixed tissue using antigen retrieval and a thermal cycler

BioTechniques

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 641-650

  Baker Cairns, B ^a   Meyers, K ^a   Hamilton, R ^a   Smith, C ^a   Tornatore, C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CEREBELLUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TISSUE FIXATION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTOMY; MICROWAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0029990238     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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