An evaluation of enzymatic and heat epitope retrieval methods for the immunohistochemical staining of the intermediate filaments

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-58

  Fan, Zhen ^a   Clark, Virginia ^a   Nagle, Ray B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotin; Epitope retrieval; Immunohistochemistry; Intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE RETRIEVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030940198     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199703000-00008     Document Type: Review

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