Agar-gelatin for embedding tissues prior to paraffin processing

BioTechniques

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 569-570

  Jones, Melina V ^a   Calabresi, Peter A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALCOHOL; GELATIN; PARAFFIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATH; CELL INFILTRATION; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; VISCOSITY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; GELATIN; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RATS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34250667619     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112456     Document Type: Article

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