Comparison of fixation protocols for adherent cultured cells applied to a GFP fusion protein of the epidermal growth factor receptor

Cytometry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-362

  Brock, Roland ^a   Hamelers, Irene H L ^a,b   Jovin, Thomas M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluorescence microscopy; Green fluorescent protein; Paraformaldehyde; Signal transduction; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; ANTISERUM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033119241     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990401)35:4<353::AID-CYTO8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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