Statistical analysis of the distribution of gold particles over antigen sites after immunogold labelling

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 258-262

  Glasbey, C A ^a   Roberts, I M ^b  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

K function; Poisson process; Stochastic point process

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; GOLD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VIRUSES;

GOLD PARTICLES; K-FUNCTION; LABELINGS; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; POISSON PROCESS; STOCHASTIC POINT PROCESS; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS; ULTRA-THIN;

ANTIGENS;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURFACE TENSION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 0030743920     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1997.2050767.x     Document Type: Article

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