Quadruple immunofluorescence: A direct visualization method

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-158

  Ferri, Gian Luca ^a,d   Gaudio, Rosa M ^a   Castello, Ida F ^a   Berger, Peter ^b   Giro, Gabriele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Dept of Cytomorphology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

co localization; fluorochromes; immunohistochemistry; interference filters; multiple immunostaining; quadruple immunostaining

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; COW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWINE;

EID: 0031055156     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500201     Document Type: Article

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