Detection of intracellular nitric oxide using a combination of aldehyde fixatives with 4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 341-347

  Sugimoto, Keiji ^a   Fujii, Sachiko ^a   Takemasa, Tohru ^a   Yamashita, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

4,5 Diaminofluorescein diacetate; Aldehyde fixatives; Endothelial cells; Histochemistry; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0034040711     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180000151     Document Type: Article

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