Fine structural specific visualization of RNA on ultrathin sections

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-395

  Biggiogera, Marco ^a,b,c   Fakan, Stanislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c University of Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytochemistry; Electron microscopy; Lanthanides; RNA staining; Terbium

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE S1; RIBONUCLEASE A; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031908550     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600313     Document Type: Article

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