A modified reduced-temperature antigen retrieval protocol effective for use with a polyclonal antibody to cyclooxygenase-2 (PG 27)

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 368-373

  Shi, Shan Rong ^a   Cote, Richard J ^a   Liu, Cheng ^a   Yu, Mimi C ^a   Castelao, Jose Esteban ^a   Ross, Ronald K ^a   Taylor, Clive R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Cyclooxygenase 2; Formalin fixed; Immunohistochemistry; Paraffin embedded tissue

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036900569     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-200212000-00014     Document Type: Article

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