Kinetics of epitope retrieval techniques for unmasking cytokeratins in bovine prostatic tissues after different formaldehyde fixation times

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-201

  Portiansky, Enrique Leo ^a,b   Massone, Adriana Raquel ^a   Gimeno, Eduardo Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bovine prostatic tissue; Epitope retrieval; Image processing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030732362     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199709000-00009     Document Type: Article

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