LacZ transgenic mice and immunoelectron microscopy: An ultrastructural method for dual localization of β-galactosidase and horseradish peroxidase

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1207-1211

  St John, Patricia L ^a   Abrahamson, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

galactosidase histochemistry; Endothelial cells; Epas1; Flk1; Glomerular basement membrane; Horseradish peroxidase; Laminin; Mesangial cells; Peroxidase immunohistochemistry; Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAMININ; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENES, REPORTER; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY; LAC OPERON; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 36348977390     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.7A7297.2007     Document Type: Article

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