Cryofixation processing is an excellent method to improve the retention of adrenomedullin antigenicity

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-265

  Yuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Suganuma, Tatsuo ^a   Sawaguchi, Akira ^a   Ide, Soyuki ^a   Kawano, Jun Ichi ^a   Aoki, Toshihiro ^a   Kitamura, Kazuo ^a   Eto, Tanenao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; High pressure freezing; Immunohistochemistry; Plunge freezing

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036380655     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-002-0431-1     Document Type: Article

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