Antigen retrieval immunohistochemistry and molecular morphology in the year 2001

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-116

  Shi, Shan Rong ^a   Cote, Richard J ^a   Taylor, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Nucleic acid; Test battery; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NUCLEIC ACID;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTIGENS; DNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0035009682     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-200106000-00002     Document Type: Review

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