Substrate infiltration and histological fixatives affect the in situ localisation of β-glucuronidase activity in trasgenic tissues

Acta Biotechnologica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Preťová, Anna ^a   Obert, B ^a   Wetzstein, H Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUOROMETRY; GENE ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE TYPES; TOBACCO; TRANSGENICS; VACUUM;

INDIGOFERA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0347662570     PISSN: 01384988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/abio.200390049     Document Type: Article

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