Specific labeling of connexin43 in NRK cells using tyramide-based signal amplification and fluorescence photooxidation

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 331-343

  Hand, Galen M ^a   Marione, Maryann E ^a,b   Stelljes, Armin ^a   Ellisman, Mark H ^a,b   Sosinsky, Gina E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlative microscopy; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Membrane channels

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELLS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; TISSUE CULTURE;

AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUE; CONNEXIN 43; CORRELATIVE MICROSCOPIES; GAP JUNCTION PROTEINS; GAP-JUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; LABELINGS; MEMBRANE CHANNELS; TYRAMIDE SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION;

ELECTRONS;

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035254817     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010201)52:3<331::AID-JEMT1017>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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