Antigen retrieval immunohistochemistry: Past, present, and future

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-343

  Shi, Shan Rong ^a   Cote, Richard J ^a   Taylor, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antigen retrieval; antigen antibody recognition; formaldehyde; immunohistochemistry; microwave; protein conformation; tissue fixation

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HEATING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030998145     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500301     Document Type: Review

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