Quantitative and morphological aspects of Unicryl versus Lowicryl K4M embedding in immunoelectron microscopic studies

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Bogers, Johannes J ^a   Nibbeling, Henrica A ^b   Deelder, André M ^b   Van Marck, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunogold; Lowicryl K4M; Ultrastructure; Unicryl

Indexed keywords

RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HAMSTER; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0030071238     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.1.8543781     Document Type: Article

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