Resolution of subcellular detail in thick tissue sections: Immunohistochemical preparation and fluorescence confocal microscopy

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 2002, Issue 70, 2002, Pages 301-335

  Hale, Irene L ^a   Matsumoto, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTOMY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTOMY; ORGANELLES; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0037795693     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(02)70008-3     Document Type: Review

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