The use of Congo Red as a lyotropic liquid crystal to carry stains in a model immunotargeting system-microscopic studies

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 203-210

  Konieczny, Leszek ^a   Piekarska, Barbara ^a   Rybarska, Janina ^a   Skowronek, Marek ^a   Stopa, Barbara ^a   Tabor, Barbara ^a   Da̧broś, Wojciech ^a   Pawlicki, Roman ^a   Roterman, Irena ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Congo Red; Immunotargeting; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CONGO RED; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; HEMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RHODAMINE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NONHUMAN; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; STAIN;

EID: 0030761033     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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