Detection of low-abundance membrane markers by immunofluorescence - A comparison of alternative high-sensitivity methods and reagents

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 169-178

  Mavrangelos, Christos ^a   Swart, Bernadette ^a   Nobbs, Silvia ^b   Nicholson, Ian C ^a   MacArdle, Peter J ^c   Zola, Heddy ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

FITC; Flow cytometry; fluorescein isothiocyanate; Immunofluorescence; mean fluorescence intensity; MFI; PE; PE SA; phycoerythrin; phycoerythrin streptavidin

Indexed keywords

PHYCOERYTHRIN; REAGENT; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE MARKER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAINING;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 3142608816     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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