A covalent fluorescent-gold immunoprobe: Simultaneous detection of a pre-mRNA splicing factor by light and electron microscopy

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 947-956

  Powell, Richard D ^a   Halsey, Carol M R ^a   Spector, David L ^b   Kaurin, Shelley L ^b   McCann, Jennifer ^b   Hainfeld, James F ^a  

^a Nanoprobes Incorporated   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster; Electron microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Immunofluorescence antibody; Immunogold; Immunoprobe; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COVALENT BOND; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CLUSTER; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LABELING INDEX; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030847078     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500704     Document Type: Article

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