Resin tissue mikroarrays: A universal format for immunohistochemistry

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1189-1197

  Howat, William J ^a   Warford, Anthony ^a   Mitchell, Joanne N ^a   Clarke, Kay F ^a   Conquer, Jen S ^a   McCafferty, John ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycol methacrylate; Immunohistochemistry; Resin TMA; Single chain Fv; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ACETONE; DESMIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; RESIN; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD45 ANTIGEN; LAMININ; POLYMACON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FREEZING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT;

ACETONE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; POLYHYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 24944477418     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5C6659.2005     Document Type: Article

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