Immunogold labeling of chromosomes for scanning electron microscopy: A closer look at phosphorylated histone H3 in mitotic metaphase chromosomes of Hordeum vulgare

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 585-596

  Schroeder Reiter, E ^a   Houben, A ^b   Wanner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosomes; Histone H3 phosphorylation; Immunolabeling; Nanogold; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HISTONE H3; SERINE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; HISTONES; HORDEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 0041853126     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024952801846     Document Type: Article

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