Bridging the resolution gap: Imaging the same transcription factories in cryosections by light and electron microscopy

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 471-480

  Pombo, Ana ^a   Hollinshead, Michael ^a   Cook, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BrUTP; CLSM; Cryosection; EM; Fluorescent gold immunoprobe; Immunofluorescence; Tokuyasu; Transcription factories

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032930922     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700405     Document Type: Article

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