Heat-assisted stretching of paraffin sections on hot plate weakens immunoreactivity of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-74

  Kamoshida, Shingo ^a   Sakamoto, Nao ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroshi ^a   Sakurai, Yoichi ^a   Sakamoto, Kazuki ^b   Sugimoto, Yoshikazu ^b   Fukushima, Masakazu ^b   Tsutsumi, Yutaka ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fixation period; Heat assisted stretching; Immunohistochemistry; Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase; Paraffin section

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; FLUOROURACIL; MESSENGER RNA; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 17644377191     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.38.69     Document Type: Article

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