Blot analyses and immunocytochemistry of neural antigens with digoxigenylated primary and secondary antibodies

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-43

  Härtig, Wolfgang ^a   Kirazov, Ludmil ^a,b   Brückner, Gert ^a   Holzer, Max ^a   Gärtner, Ulrich ^a   Bigl, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Blot analysis; Digoxigenin; Digoxin; Hapten anti hapten; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; SENILE PLAQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ASTROCYTES; BIOTIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DIGOXIGENIN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENILE PLAQUES; STREPTAVIDIN;

EID: 0344906159     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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