Silver Carbonate Staining Reveals Mitochondrial Heterogeneity

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-216

  López Cepero, José M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Mitochondrial fusion; Mitochondrial heterogeneity; Mitochondrial life cycle; Silver carbonate

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0742305203     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540405200209     Document Type: Article

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