Antigen restoration - The "hot" revolution in immunohistochemistry

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 193-198

  Elias, J M ^a  

^a Grove Educational Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Denaturation; Fixation; Heat induced epitope retrieval; Low temperature antigen restoration; Proteolytic enzyme digestion

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE;

HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0034835054     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.2001.24.3.193     Document Type: Review

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