Endothelin immunocytochemistry: Indications of false-positive labeling patterns and non-detectable antigen concentrations

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 411-426

  Wolf, W P ^a   Weis, M ^a   Von Scheidt, W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Endothelin; False positive results; Functional control of specificity; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ENDOTHELIN; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE; VIMENTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035212141     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-001-0334-6     Document Type: Article

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