LR white is preferable to Unicryl for immunogold detection of fixationsensitive nuclear antigens

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-364

  Philimonenko, V V ^a   Janacek J ^c   Hozak P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acrylic resins; Cell nucleus; Immunogold labeling; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; ANTIGEN SM; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 12244289607     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/1748     Document Type: Article

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