Anti-biotin antibodies offer superior organelle-specific labeling of mitochondria over avidin or streptavidin

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1053-1057

  Hollinshead, Michael ^a   Sanderson, Jeremy ^a   Vaux, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloidal gold; Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Organelle specific markers; Rat kidney

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; FLUORESCEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; STREPTAVIDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030741405     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500803     Document Type: Article

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