Adaptation of a super-sensitive epitope detection technique for the immunoelectron microscopy of titin filaments in vertebrate striated muscle

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-304

  Trombitas K ^a,c   Pollack, G H ^a   Greaser, M L ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitope; Immunoelectron microscopy; Muscle; Myofibril; Nanogold; Silver enhancement; Titin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; EPITOPES; GOLD; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER;

EMBEDDINGS; GOLD PARTICLES; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLABELLING; MYOFIBRILS; NANO-GOLD; SECONDARY ANTIBODIES; SILVER ENHANCEMENT; STRIATED MUSCLES; TITIN;

MUSCLE;

CONNECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032759496     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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