Relative labelling index: A novel stereological approach to test for non-random immunogold labelling of organelles and membranes on transmission electron microscopy thin sections

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-164

  Mayhew, T M ^a   Lucocq, J M ^b   Griffiths, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chi squared analysis; Colloidal gold; Contingency table analysis; Immunocytochemistry; Membranes; Organelles; Quantification; Random nonrandom labelling; Relative labelling index; Stereology; TEM

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MEMBRANES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CHI-SQUARED; CHI-SQUARED ANALYSE; COLLOIDAL GOLD; CONTINGENCY TABLE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LABELINGS; ORGANELLE; QUANTIFICATION; RANDOM/ NONRANDOM LABELING; RELATIVE LABELING INDEX; STEREOLOGY; TEM;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SIZE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINGENCY TABLE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; LABELING INDEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STEREOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036125418     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-2720.2001.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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