Validation of a simple avidin-biotin detection method for Helix pomatia lectin (HPA) binding as a prognostic marker in cancer

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-212

  Brooks, Susan A ^a   Wilkinson, Diane ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer prognosis; Glycosylation N acetyl galactosamine (GalNAc); Helix pomatia lectin (HPA); Methodology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; TUMORS;

GLYCOSYLATION;

PROTEINS;

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; HELIX POMATIA LECTIN; LECTIN; PEROXIDASE; STREPTAVIDIN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL LABELING; GLYCOSYLATION; HELIX POMATIA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HELIX POMATIA;

EID: 0042879885     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00705     Document Type: Article

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