Comparison of two polymer-based immunohistochemical detection systems: ENVISION+™ and ImmPRESS™

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Ramos Vara, José A ^a   Miller, Margaret A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; ENVISION+ ; ImmPRESS ; Immunohistochemistry; Non avidin biotin detection systems

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; COENZYMES; CYTOLOGY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE; TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUSES;

AVIDIN-BIOTIN; CALRETININ; COMPARISON; DETECTION SYSTEM; ENVISION+™; IMMPRESS™; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NON-AVIDIN-BIOTIN DETECTION SYSTEM; POLYMER BASED; RETRIEVAL PROCEDURES;

ANTIGENS;

ANTIGEN; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CALRETININ; CD11 ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1 INHIBITOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; HEPPAR ANTIBODY; KIT ANTIBODY; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; POLYMER; STEM CELL FACTOR; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRYPTASE; UROPLAKIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CALICIVIRUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; EMBEDDING; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; CALICIVIRIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33845794291     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2006.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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