Evaluation of the sensitivity of the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-immunogold technique on Balbiani ring genes

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-351

  Thiry, Marc ^a   Daneholt, Bertil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balbiani ring genes; DNA; Immunogold labelling technique

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BALBIANI RING; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DETERMINATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SALIVARY GLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS TENTANS; INSECTA;

EID: 0031905991     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600308     Document Type: Article

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