Pre-embedding immunolabeling for electron microscopy: An evaluation of permeabilization methods and markers

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-58

  Humbel, Bruno M ^a   De Jong, Margo D M ^a   Müller, Wally H ^a   Verkleij, Arie J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brij; Colloidal gold; Diaminobenzidine; Fluorochrome; Peroxidase; Saponin; Streptolysin; Triton; Tyr amide; Ultrasmalls gold

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; COLLOIDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; MACROMOLECULES;

BRIJ; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FLUOROCHROMES; PEROXIDASE; SAPONIN; STREPTOLYSIN; TRITON; TYR AMIDE; ULTRA-SMALL; ULTRASMALL GOLD;

FLUORESCENCE;

COLLOIDAL GOLD; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FLUOROCHROME; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE; PEROXIDASE; SAPONIN; STREPTOLYSIN; TYLOXAPOL;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0031928016     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980701)42:1<43::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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